A Congressional Budget Office report released as recent as June 2004 says the system will be able to pay full benefits until 2052, and 80 percent after that.

Even without reforms, the Social Security fund will be able to meet 100 percent of its obligations until 2042.

We must work to stabilize Social Security. We must not gamble with our nation's social insurance program, one of our most popular and effective federal programs that has remained dependable and stable for the past 70 years.

There is a need for Social Security reform to ensure its stability, and Congress must act.

Latinos are disproportionately more likely to be injured on the job than other ethnic groups.

I am not criticizing investing in the stock market; I am an investor.

The president's claim that Social Security is going broke is misleading at best. The sky is not falling, although there is no doubt that the system needs to be strengthened.