[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 133 (Tuesday, October 5, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H9309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            DAY 131 OF SOCIAL SECURITY LOCKBOX HELD HOSTAGE

  (Mr. HERGER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Speaker, today is day 131 of the Social Security 
lockbox held hostage by President Clinton and the minority party in the 
Senate.
  One hundred thirty-one days ago, this House, both Democrats and 
Republicans, voted overwhelmingly 416-12 to lock up Social Security 
dollars to protect them from being spent on unrelated programs.
  Since the passage of the Social Security lockbox in the House, the 
Senate leadership is on record six times attempting to bring the Social 
Security lockbox for a vote on the Senate floor. And for six times the 
approval to even consider the Social Security lockbox was denied on a 
straight party-line vote.
  Mr. Speaker, the House is committed to ending the 30-year raid on 
Social Security. I urge the Democrat minority in the Senate to allow 
for the same.


                ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would remind Members to refrain 
during one-minute speeches from references to proceedings in the other 
body.

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