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In 1935, the year Social Security was created, the poverty rate for seniors was over 70%. JOHN DELANEY Currently, more than 4.7 million African Americans receive Social Security benefits, and nearly 8 mi...
CHAKA FATTAH The 1993 Social Security tax penalizes seniors who have planned for their retirement through savings...
ROB SIMMONS Social Security is one of the greatest achievements of the American government, protecting our elder...
MARK FOLEY
I know of no serious proposals that would change the way Social Security operates for today's se... MAC THORNBERRY African-American women who develop breast cancer are more likely to die from the disease than White ...
CEDRIC GARLAND African-American women who develop breast cancer are more likely to die from the disease than White ...
CEDRIC F. GARLAND
Social Security is truly a test of our values as Americans. Social Security is a fundamental promise... SENATOR JOHN KERRY There's been a lot said about Social Security reform. What has been left out of the debate is the do...
ROB SIMMONS
You saw a lot of African-American faces. But what you really see is poverty – every one, white or ... BOB FILNER There's been a lot said about Social Security reform. What has been left out of the debate is th...
ROB SIMMONS
African American women, and moms in particular, are evicted at disproportionately high rates. MATTHEW DESMOND
By requiring that any surplus in Social Security taxes be returned to the American people in persona... MIKE PENCE
We incarcerate more African-American men today than were slaves in 1850. MARIANNE WILLIAMSON
There are more African-American men with suspended licenses than valid licenses, GWEN MOORE To suggest that these African-American leaders would somehow shortchange their own citizens is absol...
JOHN BREAUX
You saw a lot of African-American faces. But what you really see is poverty every one, white or A... BOB FILNER Social Security wasn't prepared. The drug companies weren't prepared. Pharmacies weren't prepared. S...
LISA YARBER We can preserve Social Security benefits for generations of Americans without privatizing this impor...
RICHARD NEAL
Before Social Security existed, about half of America's senior citizens lived in poverty. BERNIE SANDERS Social Security, all public and no option, rescued older Americans from living their final years in ...
ADAM COHEN
There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports. J. C. WATTS
I think I would like to see more roles for South Asian performers that are more inclusive and part o... AASIF MANDVI
In Britain, where the social safety net is more like a social swaddling cloth, crime rates other tha... BEN SHAPIRO This would provide a social environment for seniors, with interactive games that stimulate their bra...
DON FIECHTER Social Security is more than just a retirement program. The biggest misunderstanding is that it's a ...
KURT CZARNOWSKI
In order to fix Social Security, we must restructure it so that we continue to provide for our Natio... HERMAN CAIN explain to the American people why they want to use Social Security trust funds for the tax cut.
TOM DASCHLE I'm angry for all the hurt ... more for you, the viewers ... African-American, all Americans,
CHRIS BERMAN
For more than forty years, the United States Congress has shamelessly used payroll taxes intended fo... MIKE PENCE Not only is privatizing Social Security not the solution to Social Security, it would exacerbate the...
SHELLEY BERKLEY African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience ...
CHAKA FATTAH I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to preserve the Social Security promise th...
CHAKA FATTAH Now we are raising the debt limit 3 times, up to $8 trillion, so that our children and our grandchil...
CHAKA FATTAH The President's proposed privatization plan would jeopardize that security by cutting guaranteed...
CHAKA FATTAH Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority.
CHAKA FATTAH Democracy derailed is democracy denied.
CHAKA FATTAH While Social Security faces some long-term challenges, the system is not in crisis.
CHAKA FATTAH The threat of terrorism is not stronger than the will of the American people.
CHAKA FATTAH The education cuts in the President's budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable.
CHAKA FATTAH We have major fiscal problems on our hand.
CHAKA FATTAH The Americans are optimistic by their nature. And they are hopeful.
CHAKA FATTAH There's not an appropriations bill in the last 10 years that the-that Democrats passed in the Co...
CHAKA FATTAH The Republican Party is in charge. They've been charge of the Congress and spending for 10 years...
CHAKA FATTAH When Bill Clinton was in town, he sent over a balanced budget.
CHAKA FATTAH Bush has never sent over a balanced budget.
CHAKA FATTAH There are no problems that exist in the District that have been solved elsewhere in the country. Wha...
CHAKA FATTAH This program that the Republican majority has taken us toward as a country is leading us to fiscal b...
CHAKA FATTAH Because when we think about the real facts: 44 million Americans without health insurance, millions ...
CHAKA FATTAH But if they want to really think about the fiscal future of this country, then think about how we ha...
CHAKA FATTAH [Blacks] have twice the rates of prostate cancer death as Caucasian men, ... For reasons we don't kn...
HARMON EYRE He opened the doors for a lot of African American coaches, and that means a lot more than wins and l...
BRUISER FLINT The diversion of Social Security revenues to private investment accounts would shift much of the ris...
JEFF BINGAMAN
Iraq looks messier and messier. Gasoline prices have soared. The president's controversial plans for... ADAM SMITH The president said that would harm Social Security. But when the president wanted to spend that same...
DAN COATS We will set aside more money for Social Security than what the president did in his budget; there's ...
DICK ARMEY More young people believe they'll see a U.F.O. than that they'll see their own Social Security benef...
MITCH MCCONNELL Social Security not only helps Americans enjoy a secure retirement, it has also kept millions of Ame...
ZOE LOFGREN
More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That mea... DON LEMON People who don't know what it's like to be an African American don't understand that it's OK, ... I ...
JACQUELINE WOODSON A woman will go for poverty with love rather than wealth without love.
VIKRANT PARSAI Decades of insecurity and lack of access to basic social services have undermined livelihoods, incre...
ANNE BAUER
Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burde... FAYE WATTLETON
The American people I talk to don't spend every moment thinking, 'How can I tax my neighbor ... MITT ROMNEY I will vote against any bill that takes Social Security tax dollars and diverts them to any other pu...
ROB SIMMONS The fact that we're here celebrating Social Security shows some politicians' promises are worth more...
PAUL KRUGMAN He's decided the African-American community is more important to his re-election than the Jewish com...
BILL BRADY
We must ensure that today's seniors' benefits are rock solid and find a solution that fixes ... JOHN THUNE We feel the immediate improvement will be greater numbers of African-American students this fall. Th...
TERRY ALLEN
Imagine a country where the vast majority of seniors live in poverty, a country where for many there... JOHN DELANEY Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the...
BARBARA MIKULSKI
We need to take steps to strengthen and mend Social Security so that its promise of a secure retirem... HERB KOHL This is something that we have been screaming about for years. Our most vulnerable populations due t...
LINDA FOLEY We found that American Indians and Alaska Natives, African Americans and Hispanics are more likely t...
HOWARD BEALES Approximately 40 percent of our African-American teachers were hired in the last five years. And for...
DOUG YOUNG More young people believe they'll see a U.F.O. than that they'll see their own Social Securi...
MITCH MCCONNELL African-American history is American history.
JOYCE WILLIAMS We're noticing a trend of more severe eating disorders among African-American girls.
GAYLE BROOKS The Social Security numbers on the packages had no formatting that would make them stand out, and no...
DENISE SPOSATO I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of Amer...
BARBARA MIKULSKI
Access to the security clearance database would disgorge even more detailed personal information, in... MICHAEL HAYDEN
President Roosevelt, the author of Social Security, was the first to suggest that, in order to provi... JOHN DOOLITTLE That profile is more common than not. There is a shortage of teachers of color and particularly Afri...
ROY JONES When you're dealing with people who think that Sponge Bob Square Pants is more important than social...
CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN It has both social, political and historical dynamics to it. That story is not singularly an African...
DANNY GLOVER
When President Roosevelt signed Social Security into law in 1935, 65 percent of African Americans na... TA-NEHISI COATES The problem for Social Security is no different than the problem it's faced previously, except that ...
MARK WEISBROT If it were in our national security to deploy to South Africa under apartheid, would we have found i...
MARTHA MCSALLY
However, the Administration's plan to privatize Social Security will undermine retirement securi... RUBEN HINOJOSA Majority Leader Daschle misspoke this morning when he said the Bush administration would dip into So...
LARRY LINDSEY That's a net gain for social Security.
JULIE MURRAY It is profoundly discouraging to learn that the share of African-American kids attending segregated ...
DAVID PLANK Social Security is the very foundation of retirement security for millions of Americans.
SUE KELLY
More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen ... DAN LIPINSKI Indeed, I think most Americans now know that in 1935 when Social Security was created, there were so...
JOHN SHADEGG Having roughly the same purchasing power as Hispanics, African Americans tend to be left behind when...
DON MONTUORI
It's critical for African-American seniors and people with disabilities to be aware of this opportun... RUBY DEE The tide of mega-gatherings among African American families is high and rising. The more threats tha...
STEPHEN CRISWELL The tide of mega-gatherings among African-American families is high and rising. The more threats tha...
STEPHEN CRISWELL [I] would argue that native-born blacks are so vastly less "African" than actual Africans that calli...
JOHN MCWHORTER
One of the album's songs features Mary J. Blige, but I don't want to talk too much about it ... 
To me, this degree was an acknowledgment of my work in music. 
They are in it to make money, period, ... And they are looking at their earnings at the end of a fis... 