[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 99 (Tuesday, July 26, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 26, 1994]
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                          REINVENTING HISTORY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from California [Mr. Horn] is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. HORN. Madam Speaker, there are a number of myths that we hear 
repeatedly in American politics. One of them was repeated last weekend 
on Meet the Press by the Vice President of the United States. The Vice 
President noted in a Meet the Press broadcast on July 24, quote, ``You 
remember, back in the thirties when Social Security passed, not a 
single Republican voted for Social Security--at least that is my 
reading of the history, and they have been trying to get over that for 
a couple of generations now,'' unquote.
  Well, Madam Speaker, according to the Congressional Research Service, 
the objective research agency of the Congress, on April 19, 1935, the 
vote in the House of Representatives was 372 in favor of Social 
Security and 33 opposed. Republicans voted 77 for Social Security and 
18 against. Thus, 81 percent of the Republicans in the House supported 
Social Security.
  On June 19, 1935, the vote in the United States Senate was 77 in 
favor of Social Security and 6 opposed.

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  Republicans voted 15 for Social Security, and 5 against. Thus, 75 
percent of the Republicans in the Senate supported Social Security.
  As a highly respected Member of the other body, Senator John Stennis, 
used to say, ``These are true facts.''
  I hope that while the Vice President is reinventing our government, 
he will no longer reinvent our history.
  [Mr. DIAZ-BALART addressed the House. His remarks will appear 
hereafter in the Extensions of Remarks.]

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