John Larson Calls To Protect Social Security: 'Greatest Insurance Program In The History Of The Country'

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At a Senate Democratic press briefing, Rep. John Larson (D-CT) slammed President Trump's nominee for Social Security Administrator Frank Bisignano.

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00:00...of the great state of Connecticut.

00:04Well, thank you, Nancy.

00:06How about Ron Wyden?

00:07What a great job, huh?

00:09Are you fired up and ready to go?

00:13All right.

00:14Can you imagine this?

00:17An administration not understanding

00:20that there are over 70 million Americans

00:24who rely on Social Security.

00:26For more than 40% of them,

00:31it's the only benefit that they have.

00:37For 5 million of our fellow Americans,

00:425 million,

00:45they get below-poverty-level checks

00:48from the wealthiest nation in the world

00:51and the most incredible insurance program in our history.

00:56It's time this ends.

01:01We not only have to stop Social Security being cut,

01:06we have to expand it for the first time

01:09in more than 50 years.

01:12The last time Social Security's COLA was affected

01:18in an effective manner was 1971.

01:22Richard Nixon was President of the United States.

01:26We're far beyond that.

01:29Thank God that the senators here,

01:31and I just saw Chris Van Hollen come in,

01:33are standing and fighting every single day

01:37to make sure that this doesn't happen

01:40and drive the message home

01:42to the American people

01:45just how important this is

01:49to every single family

01:52in the United States of America.

01:55It's an honor to be here this afternoon

01:57and stand with Nancy Altman

01:59and Social Security Works

02:01and the job that they have been doing

02:03for decades

02:05to make sure

02:11that the greatest insurance program

02:15in the history of the country

02:17remains strong and vibrant

02:20and helping out the very people

02:24that Franklin Delano Roosevelt intended it to.

02:28Thank you and God bless.

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