[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 19 (Wednesday, February 3, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H383]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               PUTTING SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE FIRST

  (Ms. STABENOW asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. STABENOW. Madam Speaker, I rise today to urge our Republican 
colleagues to join with us in putting Social Security and Medicare 
first. We have come together to balance the budget, and we now have an 
extraordinary opportunity to take the next step in fiscal 
responsibility and make sure that our children and our grandchildren 
are protected for the future.
  We need to make sure that Social Security and Medicare are protected 
first, and then we as Democrats will join and in fact lead the fight 
for tax cuts for middle class families. But, first and foremost, we 
need to pay down the debt and protect Social Security and Medicare.
  We ask our Republican colleagues to join us in this critical, 
critical issue for the future of our children and our grandchildren.

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