This program that the Republican majority has taken us toward as a country is leading us to fiscal bankruptcy. Chaka Fattah Read Quote
Because when we think about the real facts: 44 million Americans without health insurance, millions without jobs, a 50-year high on mortgage foreclosures, an historic high the third year in a row on personal bankruptcies. Chaka Fattah Read Quote
But if they want to really think about the fiscal future of this country, then think about how we have moved from hundreds of billions of surpluses to hundreds of billions of deficits. Chaka Fattah Read Quote
Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double. Chaka Fattah Read Quote
While Social Security faces some long-term challenges, the system is not in crisis. Chaka Fattah Read Quote
Now we are raising the debt limit 3 times, up to $8 trillion, so that our children and our grandchildren will have to pay for the cost of our expenditures. Chaka Fattah Read Quote
I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to preserve the Social Security promise that provides secure retirement benefits for all, especially those who are most at risk such as widows, orphans, and people with disabilities when the need arises. Chaka Fattah Read Quote
The threat of terrorism is not stronger than the will of the American people. Chaka Fattah Read Quote
