[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 51 (Tuesday, May 3, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: May 3, 1994]
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                            SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, Social Security taxes keep going up. 
Social Security keeps crying they need more money. So guess what? The 
Social Security Administration last week awarded $32 million worth of 
bonuses. For example, one Deputy Commissioner, Lawrence Thompson, who 
was only working there for 2\1/2\ months, 75 days, got a $10,000 bonus: 
$4,000 a month, $1,000 a week.
  What did Thompson do to deserve that? Close your eyes and what do you 
see? Nothing.
  This is unbelievable. I say we need a massive investigation of the 
Social Security trust fund. I do not believe what we are being forced 
fed, Congress. I say the money coming in one door to Social Security is 
going out the other door, and there is a wastebasket all filled up with 
IOU's.
  These are not bonuses. This is highway robbery. Some of these creeps 
should go to jail for it.

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