[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 130 (Friday, September 25, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H8720-H8721]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. MENENDEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, there is a lot of talk about values today, 
but we need to remember that every day the actions we take on the floor 
of this House say a lot to the American people about what our values 
really are.
  So I will be proud to cast another vote for the Democratic plan to 
reserve the budget surplus, whose ink has not even dried yet, to save 
Social Security, and against the Republican plan to use the Social 
Security surplus to pay for tax cuts, because I value our senior 
citizens. I value the years of work they dedicated to raising our 
families, to building this Nation, and to defending our freedom. I will 
fight to make sure the benefits they deserve, the benefits they paid 
for, are there when they retire.
  So when Members come to the floor to vote, they will have a clear 
choice of values: the value of playing election year politics with 
Social Security and the fiscal stability of this country, or the value 
of doing right by our senior citizens.

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