[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 137 (Tuesday, September 27, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 27, 1994]
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                   OUR CONTRACT WITH SENIOR CITIZENS

  (Mr. HASTERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, a great legislative initiative may be dead 
for this session of Congress, despite the promise of the President and 
the desires of hundreds of Members of Congress.
  No, I am not talking about health care. I am talking about lifting 
the unfair Social Security earnings test. In his campaign document 
``Putting People First,'' Bill Clinton promised to support lifting of 
this job-killing tax. Unfortunately, like many of the President's 
promises, this assurance has been forgotten, and despite the 
cosponsorship of 225 Members of Congress, the Democrat leadership 
refuses to bring it to the floor.
  When Republicans take control of the House, we promise to make 
lifting the earnings test one our top ten priority items. We promise to 
lift the burden on senior citizens who must work to make ends meet, but 
who now get penalized at a millionaire's tax rate of 56 percent for 
that work.
  Mr. Speaker, changing the Social Security earnings test is part of 
the House Republican contract with America. When it comes to providing 
senior citizens with fiscal security, Republicans will come through for 
them in the 104th Congress.

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