[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]




      PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

  (Mr. SCHUMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, what is the difference between the 
Democratic balanced budget amendment and the one proffered by the 
Republicans? Simple. Ours protects the elderly, Social Security and 
Medicare and theirs does not.
  The new Republican majority is afraid to tell the American people 
what balancing the budget will mean to their constituents, because 
their programs are like a noose around the necks of the elderly, a 
noose that tightens every day we get closer to passing the Contract 
With America.
  They say they will not cut Medicare, but the fact of the matter is 
their budget committee is considering huge changes in Medicare that 
will end the program as we know it.
  They say they will not cut Social Security, but Speaker Gingrich 
wrote this article. Read it. It says replace Social Security.
  This does not sound like Social Security is off the table; it sounds 
like Social Security is the table setting for the Republican Party's 
balanced budget amendment.
  Dick Armey said that the American people's knees would buckle if they 
knew what services would be cut to balance their budget. When these 
cuts hit, seniors all over this country will be screaming, ``I have 
fallen and I can't get up.''


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