[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 13, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 13, 1994]
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                    SOCIAL SECURITY LIFE CERTIFICATE

  (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, when his disability check did not arrive, 
Mr. Zimmerman of Roanoke, Virginia called the Social Security office 
and they said, ``Mr. Zimmerman you're ineligible to receive any more 
checks because you're dead.'' He said, ``Believe me, I'm not dead. I'm 
on the phone.'' He said, ``No, Mr. Zimmerman, you are dead. In fact, 
you died on August 15.''
  Mr. Zimmerman went to a doctor. They gave him a certificate, said he 
was alive. Social Security investigated the certificate and finally 
said the Social Security office is dead wrong and Mr. Zimmerman is dead 
right.
  Maybe there is a message to all of this. The Lord giveth and the 
Government taketh away. In America it has gotten so bad that not only 
does the taxpayer have to prove they are innocent in a tax case in 
court, now they have to prove they are alive to the Social Security 
Administration.
  Beam me up.

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