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Good morning! I got totally mixed up last night and dropped the ball with today’s HNV. And to compound it I got totally side-tracked this morning and didn’t even get up a placeholder until now. My sincere apologies to everyone!
Late updates below:
Yesterday, Hillary released a statement to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the Social Security Act and state her strong support and defense of the landmark social legislation.
For eighty-one years, Social Security has been America at its best. It reflects our shared belief that every American should be able to retire with dignity after decades of hard work. That no American should face poverty because he or she is disabled. That we are stronger together.
Social Security benefits 59 million Americans today—but Republicans are relentlessly trying to attack and undermine this bedrock American guarantee. They want to cut benefits and gamble seniors’ retirement security on the stock market through privatization.
And Donald Trump is no different—just look who he chose as his running mate. Mike Pence spent his time in Congress championing efforts to dismantle Social Security—and to privatize it even faster than President George W. Bush and Paul Ryan proposed.
We cannot and we will not stand for that. When I served in the Senate, I helped lead the fight against the Bush privatization scheme. Instead of cutting or privatizing Social Security, we will defend and expand it.
When President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, he said it ‘represents a cornerstone in a structure which is being built but is by no means completed.’ Social Security works, but we can make it better. Millions of women—and men—who are widowed or who take time out of the paid workforce to raise a child or care for a sick family member are being left behind. As President, I’ll expand benefits to cover these hardworking Americans, because no one should have to live in poverty because their spouse died or they did the vital work of taking care of a loved one.
Social Security isn’t just a program—it’s a promise. And I won’t stop fighting until every American shares fully in that promise.
On Saturday, Tim Kaine campaigned in Manchester, NH, focusing on Clinton’s economic program. He also raised the issue of releasing tax returns for transparency to the public.
Hillary will campaign in Scranton, PA later today with Joe Biden.
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