[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 20, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H10373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               PRESIDENT IS NOW ON BOARD WITH REPUBLICANS

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, we have not spent one dime of the Social 
Security surplus. And in Kansas, there is a saying, ``Don't change 
horses in the middle of the stream.'' There is a reason for that. If 
one did try to change horses, he could run the unnecessary risk of 
falling into the river and possibly drowning.
  That is exactly what the President has done. In the middle of the 
stream of spending bills that we have, the President has gotten off the 
horse he had during his State of the Union speech, where he said he 
would spend 40 percent of the Social Security surplus, on to the horse 
the Republicans have been riding when we said we will not spend one 
dime of the Social Security Trust Fund.

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  Welcome, Mr. President. We will extend our hand so that you will not 
fall. Together we can take a big red pen like the one I am holding in 
my hand and cut wasteful Government programs, protecting the Social 
Security surplus.
  Congratulations, Mr. President. Come on over.

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