[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 16 (Thursday, January 26, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H698]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                   THE FIG LEAF THAT WAS GOOD ENOUGH

  (Mr. LaHOOD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  (Mr. LaHOOD. Mr. Speaker, I took a special note today to go back to 
the Cloakroom and find that 412 of our colleagues voted for the 
resolution offered by the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Flanagan].
  Now, given the fact that we do not have 412 Republicans, apparently 
our Democrat friends, in spite of the fact that they called his 
resolution a fig leaf, yesterday thought it was a good enough fig leaf 
to vote for it . But yet today they will come to this floor and try and 
scare the senior citizens of our country into believing that we want to 
cut Social Security.
  As I said yesterday during debate on the resolution offered by the 
gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Flanagan], I do not know of any 
politician, Democrat or Republican, who wants to cut Social Security. I 
have never ever heard one politician ever running for anything from 
dogcatcher to Congress who ever said they wanted to cut Social 
Security. We do not want to do it.
  Apparently the Democrats do not want to do it, because the majority 
of you voted for Mr. Flanagan's fig leaf resolution yesterday, because 
you thought it was good enough to send a message.
  Do not try to fool. Do not try and scare. Let us be honest with our 
senior citizens. Nobody wants to cut Social Security. We do not intend 
to do it.

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