[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 130 (Thursday, September 30, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H9026]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      BE HONEST WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE REGARDING SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, Social Security is in trouble, and I am 
not going to blame either party. There is enough blame to go around on 
everybody. Congress has tried Gramm-Rudman, budget caps, lockboxes, and 
now some in Congress even want to create a zodiac ploy of a 13th month. 
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker.
  Let us be honest. As long as Social Security money is there, 
available to be spent, it will be spent, by both parties. I say it is 
time for a constitutional amendment that says Social Security money can 
only be used for Social Security and Medicare. Let us be honest with 
the American people.
  I yield back all the good intentions of Congress that have not worked 
and will not work about Social Security.

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