,,iv  #aad? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #cic  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,july #bi1 #bjae ,ms4 
,s*ak[sky 7= h]self1 ,ms4 ,matsui1 ,mr4 
,murphy ( ,florida1 ,mr4 ,br5dan ,f4    
,boyle ( ,p5nsylvania1 ,mr4 ,ca/ro (    
,texas1 ,ms4 ,judy ,*u ( ,cali=nia1 ,mr4
 ,cicill9e1 ,mr4 ,cony]s1 ,mr4 ,danny   
,k4 ,davis ( ,ill9ois1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1  
,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,mr4 
,deut*1 ,mrs4 ,d+ell1 ,ms4 ,edw>ds1 ,mr4
 ,ellison1 ,ms4 ,e/y1 ,mr4 ,f>r1 ,ms4   
,frankel ( ,florida1 ,ms4 ,fudge1 ,mr4  
,grayson1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4          
,gutirrez1 ,ms4 ,hahn1 ,mr4 ,ha/+s1 ,mr4
 ,higg9s1 ,mr4 ,honda1 ,ms4 ,jackson    
,lee1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,mr4 ,l>son (       
,connecticut1 ,mrs4 ,lawr5ce1 ,mr4      
,lewis1 ,mr4 ,lip9ski1 ,mrs4 ,l[ey1 ,ms4
 ,mi*elle ,lujan ,gri%am ( ,new ,mexico1
 ,mrs4 ,c>olyn ,b4 ,maloney ( ,new      
,york1 ,mr4 ,mc,dermott1 ,mr4           
,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4 ,moore1   
,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,nolan1 ,ms4    
,norton1 ,mr4 ,pallone1 ,mr4 ,pet]s1    

,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mr4 ,ru%1  
,ms4 ,l9da ,t4 ,sn*ez ( ,cali=nia1 ,mr4 
,s>banes1 ,ms4 ,slaught]1 ,mr4 ,takai1  
,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,?ompson ( ,cali=nia1
 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4 ,van ,holl51 ,mr4    
,v>gas1 ,ms4 ,max9e ,wat]s ( ,cali=nia1 
,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,ms4 ,wilson (  
,florida1 & ,mr4 ,g>am5di7 submitt$ !   
foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to !    
,committee on ,ways & ,means            
,,resolution  ,express+ support =       
policies to protect & exp& ,social      
,security & secure its long-t]m future 9
 a fair & responsible mann]4  ,:]eas !  
,nation is fac+ a retirem5t income      
crisis ) millions ( h>d-work+ ,am]icans 
fe>+ !y c nev] retire ) dignity &       
economic indep5d5ce aft] a lifetime (   
"w2 ,:]eas exp&+ ,social ,security1 :i* 
provides gu>ante$1 lifetime1 &          
inflation-adju/$ b5efits & is our       
c\ntry's mo/ univ]sal1 fair1 effici5t1 &
 secure s\rce ( retirem5t income1 is an 
ess5tial solution to t retirem5t income 
crisis2 ,:]eas ,social ,security is !   

he>t ( economic security = ,am]ican     
work]s1 all[+ !m to e>n compreh5sive    
bir?-to-dea? protection aga9/ ! loss (  
wages due to dea?1 retirem5t1 or        
disability1 9 "o simple package2 ,:]eas 
= mo/ families1 ,social ,security is !  
only family protection aga9/ ! loss (   
income due to ! disability or dea? ( a  
work] & is ! s+le l>ge/ s\rce (         
retirem5t income2 ,:]eas ,social        
,security's e>n$ b5efits are mode/1     
av]ag+ ar\nd #ad1fjj a ye> = all        
b5efici>ies & replac+ only #dj p]c5t (  
an av]age work]'s wages--a p]c5tage t is
 fall+ & :i* is l[] ?an ! comp>able     
b5efits provid$ by mo/ o!r indu/rializ$ 
nations2 ,:]eas #b out ( #c b5efici>ies 
receiv+ ,social ,security 9 retirem5t & 
#g out ( #aj h\seholds receiv+ ,social  
,security z a result ( disability rely  
on ^? e>n$ b5efits = half or m ( _!     
income1 & #a out ( #c s5ior h\seholds   
rely on x = virtually all ( _! income2  
,:]eas m ?an #a 9 #aj ( ,am]ica's *ildr5
 receive ,social ,security b5efits 9 _! 

own "r or ?r\gh a h\sehold memb] &      
,social ,security lifts #a million      
*ildr5 out ( pov]ty2 ,:]eas ,social     
,security provides b5efits to m ?an #i  
million vet]ans1 ab\t #d 9 #aj ( all    
vet]ans2 ,:]eas ,social ,security is    
vitally important to wom51 :o1 on       
av]age1 live long] ?an m51 suff] a      
significant & p]si/5t wage gap ?r\gh\t  
_! work+ ye>s1 & are less likely to h   
employ]-sponsor$ p5sions or o!r         
retirem5t b5efits1 & ,social ,security  
prev5ts two-?irds ( all old] wom5 :o    
live alone f fall+ into pov]ty2 ,:]eas  
,social ,security is vitally important  
to ,african-,am]icans1 ,lat9os1 & o!r p 
( color :o disproportionately exp]i5ce  
disability & premature dea? &1 on       
av]age1 h l[] wages1 are less likely to 
h employ]-sponsor$ p5sions or retirem5t 
b5efits1 & disproportionately "w 9      
physically dem&+ jobs--)\t ,social      
,security1 pov]ty rates among           
,african-,am]ican & ,lat9o s5iors w\ld  
ne>ly triple2 ,:]eas ,social ,security's

 b5efits total m ?an #gb billion ea*    
mon? & its #ei million b5efici>ies t5d  
to sp5d ^? b5efits imm$iately & locally1
 !reby support+ ! economies ( rural1    
suburban1 & urban areas alike2 ,:]eas   
,social ,security protects all g5]ations
 & /r5g!ns families1 provid+ e>n$       
b5efits--life insurance1 disability     
insurance1 & retirem5t income--to #a 9  
#d h\seholds2 ,:]eas ,social ,security  
is an e>n$ b5efit t ,am]icans "w h>d all
 _! lives to secure = !mselves & _!     
families2 ,:]eas ,social ,security has  
always be5 a secure & reliable s\rce (  
basic economic security1 nev] a day late
 or a doll> %ort2 ,:]eas al?\gh _m      
,am]icans h se5 _! wages /agnate or     
decl9e 9 rec5t ye>s1 ! ,unit$ ,/ates is 
! weal?ie/ nation 9 ! _w at ! weal?ie/  
mom5t 9 its hi/ory & c easily af=d to   
exp& ,social ,security b5efits if !     
weal?ie/ among u are requir$ to pay _!  
fair %>e2 ,:]eas exp&+ ,social          
,security's protections & provid+       
,am]icans ) great] economic security    

:ile secur+ ,social ,security's long-t]m
 future is completely a*ievable & c be  
done fairly & equitably2 & ,:]eas !     
majority ( ,am]icans ( all ages & 9 all 
p>ts ( ! c\ntry believe ,social         
,security is m important ?an ev] &      
support increas+ its mode/ b5efits3 ,n[1
 !re=e1 be x  ,t ! ,h\se (              
,repres5tatives supports policies to    
protect & exp& ,social ,security &      
secure its long-t]m future 9 a fair &   
responsible mann]4