Senate Budget Committee Chairman Whitehouse Issues Opening Statement at Hearing on Protecting Social Security for All
July 19, 2023
July 19, 2023
WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on July 12, 2023, entitled "Protecting Social Security for All: Making the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share":
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Since the start of this Congress, my distinguished ranking member and many of the Republican members of this Committee have insisted we should focus only on rising debt and deficits.
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Since the start of this Congress, my distinguished ranking member and many of the Republican members of this Committee have insisted we should focus only on rising debt and deficits.
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