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Joe Biden
U.S. president, former senator
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Should laws have expiration dates?
Joe Biden strongly disagrees and says:
Let me read from it: "All Federal legislation sunsets every 5 years. If the law is worth keeping, Congress can pass it again." So every 5 years, you're going to have to vote on whether we're going to have Social Security anymore—you're—or cut it, whatever. Every 5 years. I mean, what is with these guys? Same with Medicare. In other words, it goes out of existence if we don't vote to keep it. Isn't that wonderful? And then along came Ron Johnson—[laughter]—Senator Johnson from the State of Wisconsin. He thinks waiting every 5 years to try to eliminate Social Security is too long. He thinks Social Security and Medicare should be on the chopping block every single year, along with veterans benefits and everything else in the Federal budget. If Congress doesn't vote to keep it, it goes away. It's gone. (2022) source Unverified