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Change Is Needed Now Before Costs Double

What should Congress do to reform entitlements?

By Rep. Jim McCrery
Special to Roll Call
Feb. 12, 2007, 2:45 p.m.

The need to reform our entitlement programs, including Social Security and Medicare, is real and urgent. Delaying will only make the problems we face worse. The federal government — both Congress and the White House — has studied this issue six ways from Sunday. We don’t need another commission, or any other delaying tactic. We need to act, and it is Congress’ constitutional duty to take the lead.

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February 9, 2012

Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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