[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 137 (Tuesday, October 12, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H9828]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   REASON TO CELEBRATE: CONGRESS HAS NOT SPENT ONE NICKEL OF SOCIAL 
                       SECURITY ON ANYTHING ELSE

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, take I-16 right out of Savannah, go about 
20 miles west and make a left on Highway 280, go through Pembroke, go 
through Daisy, and approach Evans County, Georgia, and there on the 
left-hand side is a little, one-story greenhouse; and in there lives 
Ms. Edna Thompson. I am going to make up the name, but this is true.
  Edna Thompson lives there. She has been a widow for 17 years. She is 
on a fixed income. We call it Social Security. She always talks to me 
and worries about what is happening to my Social Security. I hear they 
are spending money in Kosovo. I hear they are going to increase foreign 
aid. I hear a lot of things about spending money in new programs. But 
are they taking it out of Social Security?
  Today I can look her in the eye and say, no, ma'am. In 1999, for the 
first time in modern history, Congress has not spent one nickel of her 
Social Security.
  But do not take my word for it. Today they can get this from the 
official Congressional Budget Office that, for 1 year, Congress has not 
spent one nickel of Social Security on anything but Social Security.
  It is reason to celebrate.

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