[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 19 (Wednesday, February 3, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H386]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. BAIRD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BAIRD. Madam Speaker, last weekend I was back home in our 
district for the third time since being sworn in just a month ago, and 
I attended our senior lobby day and one question was on the lips of 
every senior there: What are you going to do to protect Social 
Security, and will you protect it for my children?
  The President's budget has answered that question yes. Yes, we will 
protect Social Security. We will do so in a common sense way. We will 
set aside the surplus to protect Social Security, to protect Medicare, 
and to invest in our future. It is the right thing to do, it is the 
common sense thing to do, and it is what the American people and the 
people of my district of southwest Washington want us to do.
  Madam Speaker, when this debate moves forward on how we will spend 
that surplus, I urge my colleagues and friends here, do the right 
thing. Protect Social Security for our current seniors and for our 
future generations.

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