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




                       SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY FIRST

  (Ms. McCARTHY of Missouri asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. McCARTHY of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, the House is considering a 
Republican tax bill which spends the entire anticipated budget surplus 
on tax cuts instead of saving it for Social Security. It is a tax bill 
that violates the budget rules. That is bad public policy.
  Mr. Speaker, I have sponsored and voted for specific tax cut 
proposals in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and capital gains tax 
reduction. I will support the Democratic alternative for tax cuts that 
take effect only when there is a budget surplus that does not include 
counting Social Security Trust Funds.
  Save Social Security first, then offer tax cuts to hard-working 
people of America.

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