[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14096]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. BACA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BACA. This August marks the 75th anniversary of Social Security 
here in America. And our seniors say thank God we have the Social 
Security system. Over 5 million Americans currently rely on Social 
Security every year, including retirees, disabled Americans, who we 
just honored yesterday as well for serving here, and the survivors of 
deceased workers.
  Unfortunately, on the 75th birthday, Social Security again faces a 
threat from congressional Republicans who want to privatize, I state, 
who want to privatize and dismantle our current system. From our 
Republican colleagues, it's the same failed policies of the past.
  President Bush and the congressional Republicans pushed Social 
Security privatizing and benefit cuts in 2005. Now, in 2010, we must 
tell them ``no.'' If Republicans had been successful in 2005, seniors 
would have lost trillions more in the stock market meltdown of the Bush 
administration.
  Hardworking Americans simply cannot afford the same old failed 
Republican policies of the past. We must continue to fight and move our 
economy forward.

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