[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 12, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H4868]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                            SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Ms. HIRONO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HIRONO. Madam Speaker, we can all agree that we need to bring 
down our deficit, but we disagree on how to do it.
  Republicans in Congress say that the only way to do this is to gut 
the services that American families rely on. Their priority is to 
protect the wealthiest among us who continue to enjoy loopholes and tax 
breaks. They should be paying their fair share.
  Social Security is a promise to every American worker for years of 
hard work and provides dignity in retirement and help to support 
surviving children. Today nearly 55 million Americans rely on Social 
Security, including 214,000 in Hawaii. The program is vital to women, 
particularly single women, who disproportionately face poverty in old 
age.
  The American middle class and our seniors deserve a fair solution on 
the deficit that gets our economy back on track and creates jobs--but 
not, not on the backs of our families and seniors.

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