Joe Biden Has Advocated Cutting Social Security for 40 Years

Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.), smiles while talking with reporters shortly before his appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" program in Washington, D.C., Sunday, April 29, 1984. The program was broadcast live at 12:30 p.m. EDT. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

Fact Check: Joe Biden Has Advocated Cutting Social Security for 40 Years

“I tried with Senator Grassley back in the 1980s to freeze all government spending, including Social Security, including everything,” Biden said in 1995.