Here we go again.

Across the country, Republican leaders are talking again about cuts to Social Security and Medicare.

Let me be absolutely clear about where I stand:

I will fight to strengthen Social Security and Medicare, stand against privatizing Social Security or cutting benefits, demand lower prescription drug costs, and always advocate for nutrition assistance for seniors.

I am proud to be a sponsor of the Social Security 2100 Act — a law that would increase benefits, improve protections against inflation, require millionaires and billionaires to pay the same tax rate as working-class folks, and protect Social Security for the future.

Our seniors have spent a lifetime contributing to Social Security and Medicare, and they are entitled to the benefits they earned. Count on me to defend those benefits.

Rick