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Rep. DeFazio talks with  a veteran on a recent trip to Brookings. Rep. DeFazio meet with some local seniors to talk with them about Social Security during a trip to Douglas County. Social Security Card President Franklin Roosvelt signing Social Security into law.  Photo Credit: Library of Congress Rep. Peter DeFazio
News Releases Op-Eds & Letters Recent Coverage Links
  • January 13, 2005: DeFazio Responds to Bush Administration Campaign to Privatize Social Security

  • March 6, 2002: DeFazio Offers Plan to Protect Social Security

  • March 6, 2002: Rep. DeFazio's Testimony Before Social Security Subcommittee

  • Feb 25, 2002: DeFazio Fights For Seniors

  • Dec 7, 2001: DeFazio Unveils Social Security Stabalization

  • March 1, 2000: DeFazio Votes to Repeal Social Security Earnings Limit

  • Aug 6, 1999: DeFazio Introduces Tax Cut Bill; Social Security Reform Proposal

  • June 9, 1999: DeFazio Proposes Social Security Reform; Testifies Before Committee

  • Apr. 07, 2005:
    Letter: DeFazio to Pres. Bush

  • Apr. 05, 2005:
    Floor Statement: DeFazio Challenges Bush on the Integrity of the Social Security Trust Fund

  • Mar. 19, 2005: Op-Ed: Small Businesses Should be Wary of Social Security Privatization

  • Jan. 27 , 2005:
    Dear Colleague: Will a privatized Social Security system yield higher rates of return than the existing system?

  • Jan., 2005:
    Dear Colleague: Does a Declining Ratio of Workers to Retirees Necessarily Spell Doom for Social Security?

  • Jan., 2005:
    Dear Colleague: What is the basis for the claim that Social Security faces financial trouble? How sound is the claim? Should it be accepted at face value?

  • Jan., 2005:
    Dear Colleague: Is the $10 trillion-$12 trillion projected shortfall repeatedly cited by advocates of Social Security privatization a meaningful measurement of anything?

  • Dec. 14, 2004:
    Letter: DeFazio to Pres. Bush

  • Dec. 1, 2004:
    Letter: DeFazio to Pres. Bush

  • Aug. 14, 2001:
    Op-Ed: Happy 66th
    Birthday Social Security

  • May 24, 2001:
    Statement: Saving Social Security

  • Apr. 5, 2002: Letter to Editor: Social Security and Privatization

  • Why The President's Social Security Proposals Could Ultimately Lead To The Unraveling Of Social Security [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 05/02/05]

  • An Analysis Of Using "Progressive Price Indexing" To Set Social Security Benefits[Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 05/02/05]

  • For Many, It's Back to the State [Washington Post, 04/11/05]

  • A Safety Net With Some Holes [Washington Post, 04/11/05]

  • The Administration's Misleading $600 Billion Estimate Of The Cost Of Waiting To Act On Social Security[Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 02/02/05]

  • BUSH'S HOUSE OF CARDS: The Privatization Fraud [The American Prospect]

  • A Bloody Mess [The American Prospect, 01/11/05]

  • So-Called "Price Indexing" Proposal Would Result In Deep Reductions Over Time In Social Security Benefits [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 01/27/05]

  • A Question of Numbers [The New York Times Sunday Magazine, 01/16/05]

  • Does Social Security Face a Crisis in 2018? [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 01/11/05]

  • Social Security Formula Weighed; Bush Plan Likely to Cut Initial Benefits [Washington Post, 01/04/05]

  • Confusions about Social Security [The Economists' Voice, Vol. 2, Issue 1 (2005)]

  • What They Don't Tell You on Social Security Reform [Boston Globe, 12/14/04]

  • Most G.O.P. Plans to Remake Social Security Involve Deep Cuts to Tomorrow's Retirees [New York Times, 12/14/04]

  • Do-It-Yourself Social Security: Many Blanks Left to Fill In [New York Times, 12/12/04]

  • The National Academy of Social Insurance

  • Social Security Administration

  • U.S. General Accounting Office

  • Brookings Institute

  • Economic Policy Institute

  • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

  • Center for Economic and Policy Research

  • Campaign for America's Future: Social Security Superpage

  • Social Security Network

  • The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities

  • January 2005 Special Issue: Social Security

  • January 2002 Special Issue: Social Security

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