ICYMI: Cassidy, Durbin Release Joint Op-Ed Calling on Congress to Join Their Bipartisan Effort to Address Social Security

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today published an op-ed in the Washington Examiner calling on their colleagues to join their bipartisan effort to address Social Security's looming insolvency. With the program facing an automatic 22 percent reduction in benefits in just six years if Congress fails to act, Cassidy and Durbin argue there is no excuse for further delay.

Read the full op-ed here or excerpts below:

There will never be a convenient time to address Social Security. Waiting only guarantees that the solutions available tomorrow will be harder than the ones available today. Social Security is an American promise, and Congress seems unmotivated or unwilling to do the hard work required to keep it.

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Of course, every member of Congress says Social Security must be protected. They agree that retirees deserve the benefits they have earned. Yet year after year, Congress fails to seriously engage in the bipartisan work necessary to preserve the program, even as the deadline for action grows closer.

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The suggestion that Congress should take more time is detached from reality, detached from the concerns of the American people, and detached from the job we were sent to Washington to do: tackle tough issues. Social Security does not have more time.

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History is not going to remember whether Congress voted on a bill to merely set up a process by which to consider a solution. It will remember whether Congress acted before retirees faced unnecessary reductions to the benefits on which they depend.

Background

Cassidy and Durbin recently delivered a joint speech emphasizing the need for congressional action to address Social Security's looming insolvency. The senators introduced the PROMISE Act which would establish a bipartisan process to address Social Security, merely setting up a process for Congress to consider debating proposals.

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