Philip Lam, Staff Writer
Philip Lam is a junior at West High and a staff writer for West Signals. His first year as a contributor, Philip champions the paramountcy of journalism: it can uncover groundbreaking insight while enlisting the audience to become engaged thinkers and informed members of broader society. He hopes that his stories will articulate the nuances of both subtle and salient developments pertaining to the West High community. For leisure, Philip takes pleasure in playing the piano, dabbling in video games, catching up with news and politics, and most recently, calisthenics.
![Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle give a standing ovation in apparent consensus at the 2023 State of the Union after President Biden’s rally to “ stand up for seniors [to] show them we will not cut Social Security; We will not cut Medicare.” This move came after a tense exchange between President Biden and Republicans concerning the fate of these two entitlements. One Republican proposal stipulated that Social Security should expire every 5 years, requiring Congressional renewal each time. Such a move would be steeply unpopular among older Americans who constitute a sizable cohort of Social Security and Medicare recipients. Photo courtesy of MSNBC.](https://whssignals.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screen-Shot-2023-03-07-at-2.22.27-PM-900x525.png)
