land is more important than the principles that we re all sworn to protect. and i well understood the potential political consequences of abiding by my duty. our republic relies upon the goodwill of all candidates for office to accept honorably the outcome of elections. and tonight, harriet hageman has received the most votes in this primary. she won. i called her to concede the race. this primary election is over. but now, the real work begins. she put country over party. and, joe, she paid for it politically. yeah. she did. but, my gosh,ful anybody s watched this show more than a couple days heard me say that in politics, sometimes, when you win, you lose. and sometimes when you lose you win. i think here is the beginning of something much larger than being one of 435 members of the house, one of 535 members of congress. the language was remarkable. talking about in the spring of 1864, the union, after the union suffered more than 17,000 casualties in the battle of the
committee looking at preserving social security. some senators and witnesses offer that the tax code should be more fair, and that the wealthiest americans need to pay more into the system. others think that social security needs to be on more secure financial ground before expanding benefits. the hearing is two hours. [noise] [inaudible] today, we have a hearing on a subject that is of enormous interest to, i think, almost every american. that is the future of social security in our country. and, let me thank all of our panelists for being with us, and let me think the senators, who i know are going to be filtering in as the hearing progresses. from my understanding, is that member lindsey graham has a scheduling conflict, and we ll be making his opening statement after our witnesses testify. is that right? yes. okay. social security, i think as everybody knows, is one of the most popular and successful government programs in the history of our nation. for more than 80
providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. next, the senate budget committee looking at preserves social security. some senators and witnesses argue the tax code should be more fair and the wealthiest americans need to pay more into the system. others think social security needs to be on more secure financial ground before expanding benefits. the hearing is two hours. sen. today we have a hearing on a subject that is of enormous interest to i think almost every american that is the future of social security in our country. and let me thank all of our panelists for being with us. and let me thank the senators who i know are going to be filtering in as the hearing progresses. my understanding is that ranking member lindsey graham, has a scheduling conflict, and we ll be making his opening statement after our witnesses testify. is that right? okay. our social security is, i think as everybody knows, one of the most popular and successful government programs in the hi
social security. some senators and witnesses argue the tax code should be more fair and the wealthiest americans need to pay more into the system. others think social security needs to be on more secure financial ground before expanding benefits. the hearing is two hours. sen. sanders: today we have a hearing on a subject that s of enormous interest to, i think, almost every american, and that is the future of social security in our country. and let me thank all of our panelists for being with us. and let me thank the senators with i know will be filtering in as the hearing progresses. my understanding is that ranking member lindsey graham has a scheduling conflict and will be making his opening statement after our witnesses testify. is that right? ok. social security is, i think, as everybody knows, one of the most popular and successful government programs in the history of our nation. for more than 80 years in good times and bad, social security has paid out every benefit
providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. next, the senate budget committee looking at preserves social security. some senators and witnesses argue the tax code should be more fair and the wealthiest americans need to pay more into the system. others think social security needs to be on more secure financial ground before expanding benefits. the hearing is two hours. sen. sanders: today we have a hearing on a subject that s of enormous interest to, i think, almost every american, and that is the future of social security in our country. and let me thank all of our panelists for being with us. and let me thank the senators with i know will be filtering in as the hearing progresses. my understanding is that ranking member lindsey graham has a scheduling conflict and will be making his opening statement after our witnesses testify. is that right? ok. social security is, i think, as everybody knows, one of the most popular and successful government programs in the hist