Tonight, I'm here to speak on behalf of 191,000 people from northeastern Pennsylvania who depend on Social Security checks coming in to keep them alive. Probably Over 40% of them look to those checks as the only visible means of support. that they have. And now the Republican Study Committee's FY25 proposal comes along and talks about raising the retirement age to 69. (00:17–00:24)
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Asserts that over 40% of these people rely solely on Social Security checks for support.
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