[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 17, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H1338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             USE SOCIAL SECURITY MONEY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, both parties have a plan to save Social 
Security. Quite frankly, neither plan is adequate. There is no budget 
surplus. There is a deficit. The only surplus that exists is in the 
Social Security account. I say it is time to pass an amendment to the 
Constitution that says Social Security money can only be used for 
Social Security and Medicare, and no politician or no administration 
could reach in and use that money.
  It is not Republicans' money, it is not Democrats' money. It is the 
people's money. If we could, in fact, do it for term limits on 
presidents, and if we could do it for every other reason that exists, 
we can protect the most important account of the American people and 
save Social Security.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back all the IOUs in the wastebaskets of the 
Social Security center.

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