Abstract: Statements of several US senators on the congressional Special Committee on Aging and the full testimonies of 18 witnesses address the adverse effects on the US elderly population that would occur as a result of proposed major social spending cuts in programs for fiscal year 1983. The director of "Focus: HOPE," the acting administrator of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, the commissioner of the Administration on Aging of the US Department of Health and Human Services, a county commissioner, on behalf of the National Association of Counties, the director of the Baltimore County Office on Aging, the director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the director of the Ohio Commission on Aging, and the executive director of the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging all act as witnesses. Their full testimonies are provided. (wz).