[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 7, 1994]
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              SENIOR CITIZENS' EQUITY ACT AND OUR CONTRACT

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, the American people are no longer 
willing to endure the ceaseless torrent that has poured out of the 
House of Representatives for the last 40 years.
  But no single group has been hit harder by this reign of taxation 
than our senior citizens, who were forced to watch 85 percent of their 
Social Security checks become taxable under President Clinton's 1993 
Budget Act.
  The Senior Citizens' Equity Act, included in our contract with 
America, will reverse this alarming trend of increased taxation on our 
seniors. We must ensure that our senior citizens will be able to keep 
more of their money without losing their hard-earned benefits.
  Mr. Speaker, unlike candidate Clinton's empty promises to ``lift the 
Social Security earnings test limitation,'' the more than 300 
Republican Members and challengers who signed the contract with America 
will guarantee that this tax relief for our senior citizens is debated 
right here in this very Chamber.
  I urge all my colleagues, Democrats who did not sign the contract and 
Republicans who did, to endorse this proposal, and help secure the 
golden years of our Nation's elderly.

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