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Seniors

My grandmother worked her entire adult life to provide for her family. She owned and operated a small business with my grandfather, sewed gloves at the Napa glove factory and labeled wine bottles at Inglenook Winery. When she retired, she had only a small pension of $53 per month.

Social Security and Medicare gave my grandmother comfort and security. She would always talk about how she earned those benefits, how she paid into them. That's exactly what Medicare and Social Security are—they're earned benefits. And they are so critically important to both current and future generations of retirees.

As a senior member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, which has jurisdiction over Medicare and Social Security, I'm fighting to strengthen our social safety net. I'm also fighting to stop Republicans in Congress from privatizing Social Security, slashing benefits, and ending the Medicare guarantee.

I strongly support protecting Medicare and Social Security. Congress must not take away benefits earned over a lifetime of hard work, nor balance the budget on the backs of our seniors.