[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 20, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H10376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, I think I heard last January 
this President saying that he did not want to do anything with Social 
Security, that he wanted to put it aside to make sure that it was 
solvent, that he was not going to use any parts of any Social Security 
until we have fixed it.
  Now, I do remember that. It seems like my Republican colleagues are 
continuing to say that the President is spending Social Security. It is 
outrageous for the Republicans to pose as defenders of Social Security, 
Mr. Speaker, when we know that they have raided the Social Security 
funds. Remember who these people are. They are the enemies of Social 
Security. They want to eliminate it through privatization.
  Listen to this gimmick. Listen to the rhetoric. Please, American 
people, remember January of this year, it was the President who said 
that he did not want to use Social Security funds, that he wanted to 
ensure Social Security solvency and Medicare reform. Do not listen to 
the rhetoric of the folks on the other side.

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