Plus, 40% of our debt is owned by foreign interest. I can't support a plan that passes along cost burden to our children and makes us more reliant on foreign dollars.

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I believe that as a nation we must have a bipartisan discussion about how to...

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I always try to keep my constituents as up-to-date as possible with what's going on...

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You can be sure that I will always consider how changes to Social Security will...

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For these reasons, women tend to rely more heavily on Social Security in their retirement...

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As a result of the current universal benefit, the poverty rate for seniors in America...

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