31 Quotes by John Salazar

would lead to a 40 percent cut in current benefits for middle-class beneficiaries, add 5 trillion dollars to our national debt and make the system weaker in the future.

He was scared. I had never seen a terrified face like that.

I always am a firm believer in you compensate people for their job, and so I did give them bonuses. We accomplished a lot in Congress, we passed health care reform. There were threats against their lives; they had a tough two years. They'd forgone any cost-of-living increase or any bonus before.

Our number one priority should be to guarantee that all American worker get the benefits they have earned -- everyone should get back what they worked so hard to put into the system. Changing the Social Security system to drain the trust fund and cut benefits simply does not make sense,

Our No. 1 priority should be to guarantee that all American workers get the benefits they have earned -- everyone should get back what they worked so hard to put into the system. Changing the Social Security system to drain the trust fund and cut benefits simply does not make sense,

Somehow that case slipped through the cracks. A net had to be established, especially here in Santa Cruz where people care so much about people.

I'm so impressed by the way the people of Southern Colorado are responding to Hurricane Katrina. This is the largest natural disaster I've seen, but we're all standing shoulder to shoulder to help.

We have a moral obligation to stand up and protect Social Security for the next 70 years and beyond -- that means stopping privatization and dropping partisan demands for private accounts,

We do believe that higher wages are better for everyone,