[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 7, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1899]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       EXPANDING SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Ms. HOYLE of Oregon asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HOYLE of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, my district has more Social 
Security recipients than 87 percent of the congressional districts 
nationwide. Back home I heard a clear, urgent message from seniors. 
They are scared because Social Security and Medicaid are not luxuries. 
They are lifelines.
  They are earned benefits, not handouts, and now they are at great 
risk because DOGE-led staff cuts are making it impossible to get 
through and are breaking the agency.
  I introduced the Social Security Expansion Act with Representative 
Schakowsky, Senator Sanders, and Senator Warren because we believe in 
protecting the promise of Social Security is our duty.
  Our bill would increase benefits by over $2,400 a year and extend the 
life of the program by 75 years, all without costing 91 percent of 
Americans one cent more.
  We owe that to the seniors who built this country and to future 
generations who deserve the same dignity in retirement.

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