During remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about proposed cuts to Social Security.
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00:00I ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with without objection
00:04Well, mr. President Donald Trump and Republicans have wanted to take away America's Americans hard-earned
00:11entitlement benefits for a very long time
00:14this week
00:15Elon Musk
00:18Said the quiet part out loud and every single American should be alarmed. He said quote
00:25Most of the federal spending is entitlements. So that's the big one to eliminate unquote, of course
00:33referring to Social Security
00:35Elon Musk is saying it plainly
00:38Republicans big goal is to eliminate his words
00:42Social Security and Medicare benefits
00:46That the American people deserve to know
00:49Where senators stand protecting Social Security
00:54American people deserve to know that our Senate Democrats fine
00:59With the terrible things Elon Musk and Doge are doing to Social Security
01:04Do they agree with mr. Musk that it's one giant scam?
01:10We've seen the Social Security offices
01:13Slashed so that people get less services. That's the is that the first step to eliminate Social Security
01:20seems to be
01:23And when Donald Trump ridiculed Social Security by just lying
01:27About people who had been on the books 200 years and making people think they got benefits, which of course they didn't
01:35Seems he's in on the plan. It's not just Musk. It's Trump, too
01:39Well, all of these are simple questions and Americans deserve to know the truth
01:44If Republicans truly support Social Security, they need to break their silence and condemn Musk's attacks
01:51Doge is already already taken over the Social Security administration and
01:56Access the private data and benefits of tens of millions Americans. Why are they asking that? Why are they after that data?
02:03My guess is so they can hurt the program close the program eliminate the program
02:10Republicans and Trump and Doge are gutting the agency. They're firing thousands of staff
02:16They're leading to office closures longer wait times deteriorating service in my state
02:21They've already announced a few offices being closed. I'm sure that's true in every other state
02:27So if mr. Musk and Doge are allowed to keep close to the agency
02:32Are allowed to keep going
02:35At the moment seniors will have to wait longer for their benefits, but in the future they may not get them
02:41People with disabilities will fate longer times for their claims to be processed, but they not may not get them
02:48Americans will spend more time waiting to talk to someone on the phone to get help with their benefits
02:53But it seems where they're headed. There'll be no one on the phone to talk to and no benefits to be received
02:59Social security is one of the most popular programs. Why the heck would any president?
03:05Any erstwhile vice president musk?
03:08Maybe he's president
03:10Why would any party want to eliminate social security?
03:14Why would they want to cut social security one of the most popular federal programs we have?
03:20I'll tell you why
03:22They're frenetic
03:24in tax breaks for the billionaires
03:26And they're taking away things from americans
03:31This is not what the american people want this is not efficiency
03:39And elon musk the richest man in the world to not understand how a senior citizen
03:47Depends on the 11,000
03:491100 a month to buy food
03:52$1,700 a month to buy food to purchase vitally needed medicines. What arrogance?
04:00What arrogance to not even deign to understand it well cut the government
04:07Social security is not the government it is people
04:11It's the money they put in
04:13It's the money they now get back
04:16That has them live a decent life
04:18If donald trump
04:21Elon musk
04:23And republicans continue to go after benefits like social security and medicare and medicaid and I have no reason to think they won't
04:31Democrats will fight it
04:33But most importantly
04:35The american people will not stand for it