Chaka Fattah
Chaka Fattah
Chaka Fattahis the former U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district, serving from 1995 until his resignation in 2016. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the Pennsylvania Senate and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 November 1956
CountryUnited States of America
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While Social Security faces some long-term challenges, the system is not in crisis.
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What the public needs to start to do is not deal with the Democratic boogeyman from the past, but focus on who's running the country now.
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This program that the Republican majority has taken us toward as a country is leading us to fiscal bankruptcy.
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The Presidents proposed privatization plan would jeopardize that security by cutting guaranteed benefits for future retirees and endangering the benefits of current retirees, people with disabilities, and children who have lost a parent.
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Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority.
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I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to preserve the Social Security promise that provides secure retirement benefits for all, especially those who are most at risk such as widows, orphans, and people with disabilities when the need arises.
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We don`t charge people for making a mistake or doing something foolish.
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Currently, more than 4.7 million African Americans receive Social Security benefits, and nearly 8 million people with disabilities depend on Social Security for their daily sustenance.
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The threat of terrorism is not stronger than the will of the American people.
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There's not an appropriations bill in the last 10 years that the-that Democrats passed in the Congress. We haven't spent any money of your taxes in the last decade.
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The education cuts in the President's budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable.
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But the point you need to know is that no president at war cut taxes $1.5 trillion, like Bush did.
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Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.
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We need to have Bill Cosby month in Philadelphia.