On the other end of the spectrum, these women who do live long enough to collect Social Security face the challenge of being disproportionately dependent on the Social Security system for retirement income.

No issue is more important to this Congress than securing our borders and protecting our homeland, and I guarantee it is very important to our constituents.

In fact, Social Security is the only source of income nationwide for 29 percent of unmarried elderly women.

While Kuwait is not a democracy, giving only half the population a voice in their government is not a policy this Congress should support and one that I am glad that Kuwait's leaders are changing.

The women who pass away before they receive Social Security, for them this is nothing but a tax from which they or their family will never receive a benefit.

Under the current pay-as-you-go Social Security system, not one person is actually guaranteed benefits.

The United Nations has come under the control of outlaw nations and self-serving special interest groups.