Now we are raising the debt limit 3 times, up to $8 trillion, so that our children and our grandchildren will have to pay for the cost of our expenditures.

The Presidents proposed privatization plan would jeopardize that security by cutting guaranteed benefits for future retirees and endangering the benefits of current retirees, people with disabilities, and children who have lost a parent.

Democracy derailed is democracy denied.

This program that the Republican majority has taken us toward as a country is leading us to fiscal bankruptcy.

Currently, more than 4.7 million African Americans receive Social Security benefits, and nearly 8 million people with disabilities depend on Social Security for their daily sustenance.

While Social Security faces some long-term challenges, the system is not in crisis.

The threat of terrorism is not stronger than the will of the American people.