IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 393 
Expressing support for policies to protect and expand Social Security and 
secure its long-term future in a fair and responsible manner. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. 
BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. JUDY 
CHU of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS 
of Illinois, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. 
DEUTCH, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. ESTY, Mr. 
FARR, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. HAHN, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 
HONDA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, 
Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. 
MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY 
of New York, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. 
MOORE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NOLAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PALLONE, 
Mr. PETERS, Mr. POCAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RUSH, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. TAKAI, Mr. 
TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. TONKO, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, 
Mr. VARGAS, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California, Mrs. WATSON COLE-
MAN, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Mr. GARAMENDI) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for policies to protect and expand Social 
Security and secure its long-term future in a fair and 
responsible manner. 
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•HRES 393 IH 
Whereas the Nation is facing a retirement income crisis with 
millions of hard-working Americans fearing they can 
never retire with dignity and economic independence after 
a lifetime of work; 
Whereas expanding Social Security, which provides guaran-
teed, lifetime, and inflation-adjusted benefits and is our 
country’s most universal, fair, efficient, and secure source 
of retirement income, is an essential solution to that re-
tirement income crisis; 
Whereas Social Security is the heart of economic security for 
American workers, allowing them to earn comprehensive 
birth-to-death protection against the loss of wages due to 
death, retirement, or disability, in one simple package; 
Whereas for most families, Social Security is the only family 
protection against the loss of income due to the disability 
or death of a worker and is the single largest source of 
retirement income; 
Whereas Social Security’s earned benefits are modest, aver-
aging around $14,600 a year for all beneficiaries and re-
placing only 40 percent of an average worker’s wages— 
a percentage that is falling and which is lower than the 
comparable benefits provided by most other industrialized 
nations; 
Whereas 2 out of 3 beneficiaries receiving Social Security in 
retirement and 7 out of 10 households receiving Social 
Security as a result of disability rely on those earned ben-
efits for half or more of their income, and 1 out of 3 sen-
ior households rely on it for virtually all of their income; 
Whereas more than 1 in 10 of America’s children receive So-
cial Security benefits in their own right or through a 
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•HRES 393 IH 
household member and Social Security lifts 1 million chil-
dren out of poverty; 
Whereas Social Security provides benefits to more than 9 mil-
lion veterans, about 4 in 10 of all veterans; 
Whereas Social Security is vitally important to women, who, 
on average, live longer than men, suffer a significant and 
persistent wage gap throughout their working years, and 
are less likely to have employer-sponsored pensions or 
other retirement benefits, and Social Security prevents 
two-thirds of all older women who live alone from falling 
into poverty; 
Whereas Social Security is vitally important to African-Amer-
icans, Latinos, and other people of color who dispropor-
tionately experience disability and premature death and, 
on average, have lower wages, are less likely to have em-
ployer-sponsored pensions or retirement benefits, and dis-
proportionately work in physically demanding jobs—with-
out Social Security, poverty rates among African-Amer-
ican and Latino seniors would nearly triple; 
Whereas Social Security’s benefits total more than $72 billion 
each month and its 59 million beneficiaries tend to spend 
those benefits immediately and locally, thereby sup-
porting the economies of rural, suburban, and urban 
areas alike; 
Whereas Social Security protects all generations and 
strengthens families, providing earned benefits—life in-
surance, disability insurance, and retirement income—to 
1 in 4 households; 
Whereas Social Security is an earned benefit that Americans 
work hard all their lives to secure for themselves and 
their families; 
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Whereas Social Security has always been a secure and reli-
able source of basic economic security, never a day late 
or a dollar short; 
Whereas although many Americans have seen their wages 
stagnate or decline in recent years, the United States is 
the wealthiest nation in the world at the wealthiest mo-
ment in its history and can easily afford to expand Social 
Security benefits if the wealthiest among us are required 
to pay their fair share; 
Whereas expanding Social Security’s protections and pro-
viding Americans with greater economic security while se-
curing Social Security’s long-term future is completely 
achievable and can be done fairly and equitably; and 
Whereas the majority of Americans of all ages and in all 
parts of the country believe Social Security is more im-
portant than ever and support increasing its modest ben-
efits: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports 
policies to protect and expand Social Security and secure 
its long-term future in a fair and responsible manner. 
Æ 
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