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Senate Democratic Policy Committee Hearing

Friday, January 28, 2005
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
628 Dirksen Senate Office Building

 
“An Oversight Hearing on the Bush Administration’s Plans
to Privatize Social Security”



Hearing Transcript

For a full transcript of the hearing click here.


Opening Statements

Senator Byron L. Dorgan
Chair, Democratic Policy Committee


Senator Harry Reid
Senate Democratic Leader


Senator Paul Sarbanes


Senator Barbara Mikulski


Senator Dianne Feinstein


Senator Ron Wyden


Senator Tim Johnson


Senator Mark Dayton


Senator Frank Lautenberg


 

Witnesses


Panel 1
James Roosevelt, Jr.
Grandson of President Franklin Roosevelt


Kenneth Apfel
Former Commissioner of the Social Security Administration


Douglas Holbrook
Vice President–Secretary/Treasurer, Board of AARP


Michael Tanner
Director, "Project on Social Security Choice," CATO Institute


Peter Orszag
Josph A. Pechman Senior Fellow in Economics Studies, Brookings Institution


Panel 2
Debbie Frederickson
Minneapolis, MN


Steve Kofahl
Everett, WA


Danielle Brian
Executive Director, Project on Government Oversight