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By Matthew Waite
Senior Reporter
Sen.-elect Chuck Hagel notched another
Committee assignment on his belt Thursday
when he was named to the Senate Special Com
mittee on Aging.
Hagel will join Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck
Grassley, who was named chairman of the com
mittee.
The committee is the starting point for all
government issues related to senior citizens.
According to the Nebraska Department on Ag
ing, 230,000, or 18.4 percent, of Nebraskans are
over the age of 60, a rate higher than the na
tional average.
Hagel, who has also been assigned to the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Sen
ate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban
Affairs and will serve as one of 11 Republican
deputy whips, said he was pleased with the as
signment.
“This Congress is going to have to address
how we deal with the exploding growth of our
entitlement programs, and I spoke frankly on
this issue during my campaign,” Hagel said in a
press release.
Dennis Loose, director of the Nebraska De
partment on Aging, said Hagel’s appointment
was good for the elderly in Nebraska.
“It’s great that we have a senator from Ne
braska on that committee,” he said. “There are
a numbbr of issues that are very important to
Nebraska (coming before the committee).”
Loose said the committee will hear issues
other than the high-profile cases of Social Se
curity and Medicare, that could affect senior
citizens across the state.
The Older Americans Act, which funds many
state programs for seniors, also is up for autho
rization, Loose said. Changes to the act advo
cated by urban-based states could cost Nebraska
more to provide meals for seniors. Nebraska
serves more meals per capita to senior citizens
than urban state^ do, he said.
“It’s very timely, because not only as a state
but as a country there are a lot of things being
discussed,” he said. “How that all plays out will
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have a lot to do with the Senate.”
In his comments, Hagel concentrated on
Medicare and Social Security. He said he was
confident the Senate would find solutions to
problems.
“Medicare is the most pressing issue because
if we don’t do something, the Medicare Trust
Fund will be broke in just a few years,” he said.
“I hope the president will work with the Con
gress to preserve this program and secure qual
ity health care coverage for Nebraska’s and
America’s seniors.”
Hagel said Congress needed to assure those
who are drawing or will draw Social Security
that there would be no drop-off in service.
“But we need to explore future options for
our younger generations,” he said. “They also
deserve to know that the money they’re paying
into the system now is genuinely an investment
in their future and not money they’re throwing
away into a system that will be bankrupt before
they retire.”
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