Statements about Social Security
Says Majority Leader Eric Cantor called for "abolishing Social Security and Medicare."
"A third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion, because one in three pregnancies end in abortion."
If there’s a government shutdown, "people don’t get their Social Security checks."
The federal government "can cut all of the non-military discretionary spending and not balance the budget."
"The American people say, don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don't cut defense. That's 84 percent of the federal budget."
"When Social Security was passed, there were all kinds of lawsuits," just as there have been in the legal battle over the new health care law.
"One in 19 Americans today get SSDI or SSI. That's one in 19 Americans (who) are disabled."
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt started Social Security, "it only affected widows and orphans," and when Medicare began, "it was a small program."
Blames Mike McIntyre and Nancy Pelosi for the second straight year of no cost-of-living increases for Social Security beneficiaries.
"Fiorina's plan would mean slashing Social Security and Medicare."
Pat Toomey "still supports privatizing Social Security."
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