Under the Bush plan, Social Security gets weaker, not stronger.
It would be unwise to say the least, irresponsible of us at the TSA, at the Homeland Security Department not to evolve our technology to match the changing threat environment that we inhabit.
Each and every one of the security measures we implement serves an important goal: providing safe and efficient air travel for the millions of people who rely on our aviation system every day.
Well, you know, I think in conversations with members of the Senate and others, they all recognize that the issue of immigration is important. It's important to our nation, it's important to our public safety, it's important to our security, it's important to our economic well-being moving forward. And it's not something that's going to go away.
The last thing the Department of Homeland Security is about is infringing on anybody's constitutionally protected rights.
Because Social Security is specifically designed to boost the retirement income of low earners with a progressive benefit formula, the program has played an enormous and necessary role in keeping Latinas out of poverty.
Because of my own experience with market fluctuation, I recognize the great risks one takes on investments. This converts the Social Security safety net into a risky proposition many cannot afford to take.
Almost half of all Latinas currently on Social Security rely exclusively on their benefit check in retirement.
Social Security has been effective for 70 years; prior predictions of its demise have been totally overstated.
Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in.
Even without reforms, the Social Security fund will be able to meet 100 percent of its obligations until 2042.
Our Hispanic community needs to understand how important the Social Security system is for not only its retired citizens, but also its disabled workers.
We must level with the people and explain to them that Social Security will first face funding problems in 2042 that can be fixed now with changes that do not undermine and ultimately drain from the entire program.
To allow all U.S. workers to put part of their earnings into private investment accounts would definitely erode the Social Security system and cause uncertainty for new investors.
There is a need for Social Security reform to ensure its stability, and Congress must act.