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Social Security is a promise that we cannot and must not break.

We should stop having a conversation about cutting Social Security a little bit or a lot.

Social Security is not just the foundation of America's retirement dignity and security, it ensures the economic stability and strength of our families and our state's economy.

Social Security is not broke, and Social Security does not need to be privatized.

Social Security is fundamentally strong.

Our constituents paid into Social Security, and they want it paid back to them when they retire. Cutting Social Security benefits that Americans have earned should always be a last resort.

Social Security is something that we need to deal with, because people who are working today, who will retire in the future, people who are retired today, they have a right - and it's part of the compact that they can depend on their benefits. We should fix the long-term funding problem of Social Security because that's the right thing to do.

It's hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security.

Well, let's go back to the original intent of Social Security. It is an insurance contract.