Statements and posts
19 press releases and posts, newest first.
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Applauded Senate passage of bipartisan Social Security terminology clarification bill.
“We’ve got to fix Social Security both for the individual receiving it and for the taxpayer who funds it. And one way is to not mislead people.”
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ICYMI: Cassidy Applauds Trump Administration’s Steps to Implement his School Choice Legislation
Praised Trump administration implementation of Education Freedom Tax Credit school choice program.
“Parents want to make decisions that allow their child to succeed. This law helps them do that.”
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Cassidy, Warner Legislation to Improve IRS Customer Service Passes Senate
Applauded Senate passage of bipartisan bill to improve IRS customer service and tax administration.
“Taxpayers should get the help they need without a fight. This package gives the American people a stronger voice and makes help easier to access.”
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Honored New Orleans native Walker Beery's legacy during Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Month.
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Cassidy Legislation to Help Americans Better Plan for Retirement Advances Senate
Led passage of the Claiming Age Clarity Act to improve Social Security benefit information.
“Americans looking to retire are counting on the benefits they have earned. They ought to have the best financial information possible when the time comes.”
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Cassidy Introduces Taxpayer Funded Compensation Accountability Act
Introduced bill capping federal appointee salaries at congressional member pay levels.
“If you’re paid by taxpayers, you shouldn’t make more than those who were elected by taxpayers.”
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Cassidy Introduces Bill to Strengthen Election Security, Give Accountability to Voters
Introduced bill requiring open primaries, voter ID, and limits on gerrymandering for federal elections.
“The political system should serve the people, not be designed so that the people serve politicians. Forty-five percent of the American electorate are Independents. Some Republicans and some Democrats want to vote for the person not for the party. Open primaries address all of this. Power to the people.”
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Discussed Social Security reform proposals and the need for congressional action on the program.
“I’d want them to understand that we need to act. The idea that if we do nothing means that nothing bad happens is false. If we do nothing and follow the law, there’ll be as much as 28.5% benefits cut on those currently receiving Social, or if we just do the traditional route of raising taxes and cutting benefits to…”
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Cassidy Joins Bicameral Effort to Expand Educational Opportunities
Joined effort to expand educational opportunities through scholarship tax credit expansion.
“As parents, we know our children better than anyone. When we put parents in charge of their child’s education, we give children the best opportunity to thrive.”
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Discussed health care affordability and Social Security insolvency at health care forum.
“Health care is one of the few things in which you don’t know how much it’s going to cost when you walk in the door.”
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Cassidy discussed bipartisan proposal to address Social Security insolvency through investment fund.
“Set up an investment fund like your 401k, parallel to the Social Security trust fund, put money into it and allow it to grow with the power of the US economy. This money grows and ends up paying 65% of the obligation to our nation’s retirees. We could evergreen Social Security.”
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Cassidy on NewsNation: “Congress Needs to Get Down to Work and Address Social Security This Year!”
Called for Congress to address Social Security insolvency and consider bipartisan solutions this year.
“People are objecting to doing their job. They can offer their own proposal. That’s what’s frustrating. Congress needs to get down to work. Congress needs to fix Social Security this year.”
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Cassidy on Fox Business: Congress Needs to Have the Guts to Step Up, Address Social Security
Outlined plan to create sovereign wealth fund to address Social Security insolvency.
“What I am suggesting is we set up an investment fund. You called it a sovereign wealth fund. You could call it the nation’s 401k, and you set it up, separate from the Social Security Trust Fund, you put money in it, and you allow it to grow with the nation’s economy.”
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Commemorated Hurricane Katrina's 21st anniversary by highlighting community recovery stories.
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Co-authored op-ed calling on Congress to address Social Security insolvency through bipartisan action.
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Cassidy on Fox Business: Voters Must Demand Answers on Social Security
Called on voters to demand candidates explain how they will protect Social Security.
“Put $1.5 trillion in [a separate investment fund] over five years and let all the returns flow back to it. In the meantime, you guarantee that whatever the Social Security recipient is scheduled to receive, they continue to receive.”
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ICYMI: Cassidy Urges Congress to Develop a China Strategy Built to Last in Foreign Affairs Op-Ed
Published op-ed urging Congress to develop a long-term strategy for competing with China.
“Long-term challenges require long-term solutions, and Congress is the branch best suited to crafting such solutions. Congress can provide the consistency and predictability needed to align U.S. economic, trade, and national security goals into the future.”
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Cassidy Calls Congress’s Bluff on Social Security
Sought Senate consideration of process to address Social Security insolvency in six years.
“[The resolution] does not predetermine the outcome. It just says that Congress must consider a solution—anyone’s solution—Democrat or Republican, Left and Right. It just asks us to do our job to consider the solution to then go through regular order on the Senate Finance Committee to be considered by all.”
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Delivered joint speech urging Senate action on Social Security insolvency before 2032.
“Mr. President, people won’t even set up a process! We’re not talking about a solution. We’re talking about a process that would come to a solution!…It is important for our country that Congress tackle this issue. And when I say our country, I mean the people who live here, whether they are older or whether they are…”
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