I can assure you that the House Ways and Means Committee has not abandoned trying to extend the dividend tax cut and the capital gains tax cut. We think that is critical. We have not given up on that,

This is going to be critical to make sure people have access to their Social Security, or SSI, or now, unfortunately, unemployment checks,

Former approaches may not work in this set of circumstances, ... We may have to think outside the box. We may want to create some overarching entity to direct the efforts.

We're looking at a variety of ways to solve that problem. Clearly, it's got to be addressed,

The best way to celebrate Social Security's birthday would be to enact legislation that ensures Americans' hard-earned contributions to Social Security will be dedicated solely to paying Social Security benefits and not used to fund other programs,

It's the weaker candidate trying to get the strongest candidate out,