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Greenspan
to Testify on Social Security to New Senate Aging Committee
 Sen. Gordon Smith is confirmed as committee
chairman for 109th Congress
Jan. 6,
2005 Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan will testify on
Social Security at a meeting of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on
Aging on March 7, according to an announcement by Sen. Gordon Smith,
R-Ore., who was elected committee chairman yesterday.
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Smith
was a member of the committee in the 108th Congress and was
appointed chairman by Senate Republican leader Sen. Bill Frist for this
Congress. He was confirmed Wednesday by the Senate Republican
Conference.
With the start of the 109th Congress many challenges face our countrys
seniors and I will work to ensure that these issues are thoroughly
debated and bipartisan solutions are developed, Smith was quoted as
saying (Bend.com).
This Committee enjoys a long and distinguished history and I consider
it an honor and privilege to serve as chairman.
Smith plans to pursue an aggressive agenda focused on protecting seniors
against fraud and abuse, conducting oversight of federal programs and
agencies, and offering a forum to debate issues and develop solutions
for pressing issues, according to the story in Bend.com.
This committee has an extraordinary opportunity to impact many of the
key challenges facing our country, including strengthening Social
Security, implementation of the Medicare Modernization Act, solvency of
private pension plans, and the future of Medicaid, said Smith. I look
forward to working with my colleagues to fulfill these responsibilities
and explore many others.
Bend.com reported that since the enactment of Medicare in 1965, the
Aging Committee has continually reviewed Medicare's performance as well
as pension coverage and employment opportunities for older Americans. It
conducts oversight of major programs like Social Security and the Older
Americans Act. Additionally, it has crusaded against fraud targeting the
elderly and federal programs on which the elderly depend.
Since coming to the Senate, Smith has been at the forefront of issues
affecting seniors, including providing a prescription drug benefit,
protecting Medicaid, and strengthening pensions, reported Bend.com. In
the past, Smith has worked to provide prescription drug coverage under
Medicare and to allow the safe importation of prescription drugs.
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