IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1077 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives against severe changes 
to Social Security. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2010 
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of Cali-
fornia, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. STARK, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 
THOMPSON of California, Mr. FILNER, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Ms. SLAUGHTER, 
Ms. DELAURO, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. DAVIS 
of Illinois, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. SKELTON, 
Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 
KIND, Mr. OBEY, and Mr. WAXMAN) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives against 
severe changes to Social Security. 
Whereas Social Security has successfully and efficiently pro-
vided the foundation for Americans’ retirement security 
for generations and should be preserved for generations 
to come; 
Whereas for 6 in 10 seniors, Social Security provides the ma-
jority of their retirement income, and Social Security pro-
vides nearly all of the income received by four out of ten 
widows and other non-married seniors; 
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Whereas Social Security’s essential protections for workers 
and their families cannot be matched by private savings, 
which are a complement to, but not a substitute for, So-
cial Security’s guaranteed benefits; 
Whereas, as one such protection, Social Security provides a 
guaranteed benefit that one can never outlive, and unlike 
private savings or investments, is not subject to the ups 
and downs of the stock market; 
Whereas, as another such protection, Social Security benefits 
are indexed to inflation to maintain purchasing power 
over time, which is particularly important for women be-
cause they live longer on average than men, and the im-
pact of inflation compounds over time; 
Whereas, as another such protection, Social Security provides 
family benefits, protecting not only the worker but de-
pendent children and the surviving spouse; 
Whereas, as another such protection, Social Security not only 
provides a secure foundation of retirement, but it pro-
vides essential income to workers with severe disabilities 
and to survivors, representing, for a typical young family, 
a $413,000 disability insurance policy and a $430,000 
life insurance policy; 
Whereas, as another such protection, Social Security’s pro-
gressive benefit formula ensures that those with the least 
opportunity to make supplemental provision for retire-
ment receive the greatest degree of protection from Social 
Security; 
Whereas, for 75 years, Social Security has never been a day 
late or a dollar short; 
Whereas the American people made clear in 2005 that they 
did not seek severe change in Social Security when they 
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resoundingly rejected President Bush’s attempt to pri-
vatize Social Security in favor of preserving a secure, 
guaranteed foundation of retirement income free from the 
risks and losses of the stock market; 
Whereas the current minority party plan for Social Security 
is even more extreme than the plan they advanced in 
2005: (1) it cuts guaranteed Social Security retirement 
and survivor benefits for all workers, whether or not they 
wish to have a private account; (2) it diverts trillions 
from the Trust Fund into private accounts—eventually, 
four out of every ten dollars of Trust Fund contributions 
would be diverted to private accounts—threatening the 
ability of the Trust Funds to pay benefits to today’s sen-
iors; 
(3) it 
increases 
Federal 
borrowing 
by 
$4,100,000,000,000; and (4) it subjects workers’ basic 
retirement security to market volatility and the risk of 
losses; and 
Whereas privatizing Social Security means benefit cuts, diver-
sion of Trust Fund resources, subjecting individuals to 
market risk and losses, and increasing Federal borrowing 
by trillions of dollars: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the Congress should stand with the 
American people to reject severe changes to Social Secu-
rity, including any and all attempts to privatize Social Se-
curity, and instead should commit to work bipartisanly to 
make common-sense adjustments to Social Security to 
strengthen it for future generations while preserving its 
guarantees of secure income and family protection in the 
event of a worker’s death, retirement, or severe disability. 
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