Speaker. in the few short months since Congress has embarked on the misguided and destructive mission of welfare reform. the dismantling of the safety net necessary for the health and wellbeing of our Nations most vulnerable populationsour children and the elderlyhas reaped deadly effects. The Republican wish has come true. Republicans have successfully removed the neediest Americans from the rollspermanently. In March of this year. one man took his own life to avoid the uncertainty of the future. After receiving a letter informing him that he might be cut off of Social Security. Ignacio Munoz. a 75yearold elderly legal immigrant. put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. Mr. Munoz had worked in the United States for 40 years. but the Social Security Administration had payment records only for 10 years.
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