[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5090-5091]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             SOCIAL SECURITY PRIVATIZATION HARMS AMERICANS

  (Ms. SOLIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise because the constituents in the 
32nd Congressional District are very concerned about the privatization 
of Social Security.
  There are nearly 60,000 Social Security beneficiaries in my district 
who are very concerned about the risky privatization scheme that the 
President is proposing. However, other young workers also are very 
concerned about the future of their retirement security.
  To date my office has held well over 25 senior center visits, high 
school visits, parent centers visits, and health

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care facilities visits, and we have spoken to constituents about this 
proposed privatization plan. We have been asking them to fill out 
surveys on how they feel about Social Security. We have one in English 
and one in Spanish.
  Overwhelmingly, my constituents are telling me that they are not in 
agreement with the proposed privatization plan. They would like to see 
a secure and a structured reform that would truly be available to every 
single individual that needs and requires Social Security assistance. I 
would like to tell Members that we have received well over 300 
responses through e-mail and direct mail from our constituents who are 
resoundingly saying that the President should rethink his plan.

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