[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 129 (Thursday, September 24, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H8539-H8540]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, over the past 6 years Democrats have worked 
extremely hard and pretty much on their own, I might add, to get our 
fiscal house in order. We have balanced the budget, created a better 
economy, and we have, in fact, generated the potential, the potential 
of a surplus to help pay back the debt that we owe to Social Security.
  Let me tell my colleagues now about how that is being jeopardized. 
The Republican leadership in this House wants to take the surplus in 
the Social

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Security system which, in fact, is generating that surplus that we have 
in our budget, they want to take that money and they want to raid it. 
They want to use it for tax cuts.
  Social Security is one of the great success stories of this Nation. 
Two-thirds of our retirees depend on Social Security for over half of 
their income. It is bedrock. It has been there, and it needs to be 
protected. And it needs to be preserved for the future. It is now under 
a sneak attack. Make no bones about it. While the country is 
distracted, they want to take that money.
  Are Democrats for tax cuts? You bet. But not at the risk of the 
Social Security trust fund.

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