[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 57 (Wednesday, May 11, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 11, 1994]
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                  SOCIAL SECURITY EARNINGS TEST REPEAL

  (Mr. HERGER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HERGER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to join my friend and 
colleague, the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Hastert] in support of a 
discharge petition on H.R. 300, the Older Americans Freedom to Work 
Act.
  This legislation is crucial to millions of our working seniors 
between the ages of 65 and 69 who find their Social Security benefits 
unfairly withheld simply because they choose to remain active in the 
work force.
  This penalty impacts millions of seniors who financially must 
supplement their Social Security benefits. They are not asking for a 
government hand-out. They just want the Federal Government to stop 
taking away the benefits that they have earned.
  Currently, over a majority of the Members of this House have 
cosponsored this legislation. I urge my colleagues to join me in 
signing this discharge petition so that the full House can have a 
change to debate and vote on this measure.
  To do anything less will be to ignore those seniors whose expertise 
and experience our Nation can ill afford to lose in today's economy.

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