The baby boomer generation is retiring and the demands on Social Security will increase exponentially this decade. Vice President Gore believes the more responsible thing to do with a strong economy and a record surplus is to protect programs such as Social Security and Medicare.

The vice president is again raising the specter of Social Security to frighten senior citizens, ... Instead of frightening seniors, we need to sit down and realize that we need to find a source of money to make Social Security solvent and then allow Americans to be able to invest their savings in their retirement accounts.

Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets.

I'll be collecting my Social Security, and Coach will still be out there coaching. I told him he had to be out before he hit 100.

Both of the benefit reductions he proposed will improve the Social Security numbers somewhat, but they will leave a large imbalance in place.

I will vote against any bill that takes Social Security tax dollars and diverts them to any other purpose than Social Security benefits.