[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13401]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. ETHERIDGE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call on Congress to 
defend Social Security.
  For many years, I've had the privilege of working to bring 
commonsense policies that benefit middle class families in North 
Carolina and across America. I was proud to help lead the fight against 
President Bush's misguided effort to privatize Social Security and to 
cut benefits. We won that fight, but now some Washington politicians 
are threatening Social Security again with risky Wall Street schemes.
  During this current economic crisis, more than 50 million Americans 
depend on Social Security to make ends meet. Without Social Security, 
one out of every two American seniors would fall into poverty. 
Dismantling Social Security would eliminate the safety net for millions 
of disabled Americans and survivors and many of their children.
  No politician in Washington, D.C., has the right to threaten the 
American institution of Social Security. As we approach the 75th 
anniversary of the Social Security Act, I call on this Congress to 
defeat the proposals to cut Social Security benefits.

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