[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 16 (Thursday, January 26, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H696]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      NEW REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP ON RECORD AGAINST SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. MILLER of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, there is a very good reason 
that we on the Democratic side continue to talk about the balanced 
budget and its implications for Social Security, and there is a very 
real sense of urgency about that this year as opposed to other years, 
because this is the first time that we have had the leadership of the 
House committed to changes and to the replacement of the Social 
Security system.
  This is the article by Speaker Gingrich where he calls for the 
replacement of Social Security, and we know others in the Republican 
leadership that have called that into question.
  At the same time, they have refused to protect Social Security in the 
balanced budget amendment that they want this Congress and this House 
to vote on today. That is what is wrong with their proposal and that is 
why they refuse to tell the American people what is in their proposal 
to balance the budget.
  They refuse to talk about the Medicare cuts that they have to make to 
balance the budget under their proposals, they refuse to talk about the 
implications for Social Security under their proposal, they refuse to 
talk about the Medicaid cuts for long-term care for elderly people in 
this Nation.
  That is what is wrong with their proposal. That is why we have to 
keep reminding this Nation what is at risk, when Republicans who want 
to cut Social Security, replace Social Security, are in control of the 
levers of the power in this House.




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