Oppose cuts or restrictions to Social Security and Medicare benefits

Whitehouse opposes attempts to roll back, reduce, or make Social Security and Medicare benefits harder to access. He says seniors have earned and paid for these benefits and that the programs support the financial security of Rhode Island seniors and their families.

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In their own words

any attempt to roll back, slim down, or push further out of reach the Social Security and Medicare benefits

The source

Sheldon Whitehouse: Protecting Social Security & Medicare Protecting Social Security and Medicare is so important to me that I co-founded a Senate caucus solely focused on defending Social Security – and now we’re working to expand benefits ↗

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Retrieved: 11/10/2026