[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 24, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H1600]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   NO MORE SOCIAL SECURITY SLUSH FUND

  (Mr. SCHAFFER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, while the White House is busy working on a 
plausible explanation as to how atomic espionage at Energy Department 
labs was ignored over the last 3 years, Republicans have been busy 
putting together a budget that reflects responsible common sense 
conservative values.
  For 40 years, the Democrats failed to take Social Security off the 
table, turning the Social Security Administration trust fund into a 
Washington slush fund. Well, those days are over. The Republican budget 
is going to do what should have been done a long time ago. It puts the 
Social Security surplus into a safe deposit box.
  Long-time observers of Washington know that we need a safe deposit 
box to keep big spending liberals from running off with it. The Social 
Security trust fund should not be a slush fund. The Republican budget 
takes 100 percent of the retirement surplus and sets it aside for 
Social Security and Medicare.
  We are going to hang a huge sign on the safe deposit box with a 
message, ``no liberals allowed. Do not touch.''

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