[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 10, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H544]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  SOCIAL SECURITY SUMMIT IN THE NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS

  (Mr. LAMPSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to announce that I will 
host a Social Security summit in the Ninth District of Texas. Why? 
Because hundreds of senior citizens and their families have called and 
written letters to my office concerned about the future of Social 
Security.
  Americans from all walks of life recognize that this sacred contract 
between the public and their government must be addressed and must be 
addressed now. I congratulate the President for having the foresight to 
set aside the vast majority of our budget surplus for this critical 
issue.
  As we look toward the 21st Century, we cannot afford to risk losing 
this opportunity to save Social Security by allowing ourselves to 
become mired in partisan rhetoric or by failing to use creative 
approaches to problem solving.
  It has been said that opportunity only knocks once. Mr. Speaker, 
Congress must answer the door. We owe that to the American people.

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