[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14359]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Ms. CHU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. CHU. Mr. Speaker, in the 1930s, over half of our seniors lived in 
poverty. They survived on whatever friends and relatives could spare. 
So Congress created a shield against common threats like old age and 
disability.
  For 75 years, Social Security has protected millions of Americans. 
For 75 years, it's been our government's bedrock promise. For 75 years, 
it's helped people like Janice Moore, whose husband passed away 13 
years ago, leaving Janice and their three children to fend for 
themselves.
  Republicans want to hand this over to Wall Street. It's the same 
privatization scheme they tried 5 years back. If they had succeeded, we 
would have lost trillions in the stock market. But Democrats and the 
American people said ``no.''
  Today, we again reject these schemes and say ``yes'' to Social 
Security's promise--protecting American lives for another 75 years and 
many generations to come.

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