happy birthday to you. ♪ [applause] elicio, you have one request.hen you are president and they say joe biden, promise you will not say who. [laughter] by signing this bill we are assigning social security benefits for millions and the spouses of survivors. an average of $365 per month increase. that is a big deal. for millions of americans going forward. that is not all. over 2.5 million americans will receive a lump sum payment of thousands of dollars to make up for the shortfall in the benefits they should have gotten into any 24 -- they should have gotten in 2024. they will begin receiving these payments this year and this is a big deal. someone said this is a big deal. it is a big deal. [laughter] as the first president with more than 20 years of expanding social security benefits, this victory is a four year fight to provide security for workers who dedicate their lives to their communities. i am proud to have played a small part in this fight. thanks to chair brown and richard neal. [applause] one of the first things we did was to protect pen