[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 19 (Wednesday, February 3, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H384]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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SAVING THE BUDGET SURPLUS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE--NOT GOP TAX 
                                  CUTS

  (Mr. SHOWS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHOWS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to stress my strong support of 
using the budget surplus for saving Social Security and Medicare first.
  We are not out of the woods yet on protecting Social Security, and to 
squander money away from the budget surplus to pay for a large 
indiscriminate tax cut would be irresponsible and would further put our 
Social Security system at risk.
  I support tax cuts, but we have to target them where we need them. 
Target them for working families. Target them for business and 
development, and for research and development.
  We must not put our Social Security system at risk. Saving Social 
Security first is my number one priority for the people of 
Mississippi's 4th District and it should be our number one priority as 
a Congress for the American people.

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