Through good times and bad, American workers and their families have been able to rely on Social Security to provide guaranteed protection against the loss of earnings due to retirement, disability, or death.

Social Security was intended to be a guarantee to American workers: it will be there, and it will be there for everyone. We have kept that promise for 70 years, and we can continue to do so if we take time once again to make thoughtful, bipartisan adjustments to the system. It is a pact worth keeping.

Retirement security is often compared to a three-legged stool supported by Social Security, employer-provided pension funds, and private savings.

I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole country.

Social Security is more than just a retirement program. The biggest misunderstanding is that it's a program for old folks.

Trade can really be good for American workers and American businesses.