[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 40 (Monday, March 7, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H1315]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       ENHANCING SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. LARSON of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Madam Speaker, I am here to commend 
Chairman Neal and the Racial Equity Initiative headed by Terri Sewell,  
Steve Horsford, and   Jimmy Gomez, and also to recognize Joyce Beatty, 
for the work that they have done in bringing forward the inequity that 
has existed in this country for far too long.
  More than 5 million of our fellow Americans get below poverty-level 
checks from Social Security because the Congress of the United States 
has not done anything to enhance Social Security in more than 50 years.
  Whom does that affect the most? It affects women of color and women 
specifically--people who held jobs who weren't earning the same kind of 
salary or wages and people who were caregivers at home for their 
children.
  Help is on the way. Social Security 2100 is coming to the floor, and 
finally, millions of Americans who get below poverty-level checks after 
having worked all their lives and paid into a system are going to get 
what they richly deserve.

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