American government was founded on a belief and a faith in God and in doing what is right and just.

Since President Bush took office in 2001, this Congress has supported an agenda of democracy, freedom and expansion of rights for all peoples throughout the world.

Social Security is a plan that actually was designed in a much different time, in a different era, and with a different set of American demographics in mind.

First, women are more likely to live in poverty during their retirement years than are men.

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.

While all of these are important and significant events, it is the United States foreign policy that furthers the advancement of freedoms and rights for women that is the most striking for me.

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.