[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 139 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H10038]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               AMERICANS DESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY LOCKBOX

  (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, this Republican Congress has stopped the 
raid on Social Security.
  The Congressional Budget Office projected this week that in fiscal 
year 1999, for the first time in 30 years, not one penny of the Social 
Security surplus was spent. Now, it is our duty to prevent the raid 
from ever happening again.
  Mr. Speaker, 140 days ago, Republicans and Democrats in the House 
joined together to pass a Social Security lockbox, which protects 
Social Security from being spent on unrelated programs. Senate 
Republicans have attempted to bring this bill to the Senate Floor seven 
times, and on seven occasions, the measure was blocked from even being 
considered by a straight party line vote.
  Mr. Speaker, American seniors deserve more from Senate Democrats and 
President Clinton. They deserve a Social Security lockbox.

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