We have so many people retiring that we do not have enough people paying into the system to be able to provide the benefits for those collecting those benefits.

Without the right tools, we can't police our markets from illegal trade.

Anytime a large, emergency spending bill makes its way through Congress, the potential for mischief is great.

Congress has changed the Social Security system over time, and over 20 times in the past Congress has raised taxes on Social Security in payroll taxes into the system.

I believe it's time to put our best ideas on the table and work toward a bipartisan solution, with the single goal of leaving the Social Security system stronger than we found it.

And I would argue the second greatest force in the universe is ownership.

Madam Speaker, before being elected to Congress, I ran a manufacturing business that did a significant percentage of our sales outside the United States.