I believe that social security should be a universal retirement guarantee and not means tested.
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As you know, Social Security functions under the premise that today's workers will help finance benefits for retirees and that these workers will then be supported by the next generation of workers paying into the same system.Steve Israel
Either the industry will police itself -- and, so far, two of the three large wholesalers have decided to do that -- or Congress will pass legislation that protects Americans from counterfeit drugs, ... I think the more the big wholesalers realize how much of a mess the secondary market is, the more they want to clean it up by getting out.
Steve Israel
As a result of the current universal benefit, the poverty rate for seniors in America is about 10%. Without the universal benefit, it would be over 50%.
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Nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants currently live within our borders. That's 11 million people living in the shadows whom we know next to nothing about.
Steve Israel
In my view, Hurricane Katrina has just become a good old-fashioned excuse for price gouging by the oil companies, ... We can't have a winter strategic energy plan with sweaters and propane heaters.
Steve Israel
I always try to keep my constituents as up-to-date as possible with what's going on here in Washington.
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