[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 20, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H10376-H10377]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 DEMOCRATS WILL PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. UDALL of New Mexico asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to tell you that 
our friends on the other side of the aisle have picked the lockbox on 
the

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Social Security lockbox that they talk about so much. As Democrats, we 
have said that we would protect Social Security. We have done that in 
our votes and we have shown that consistently. That is not the case 
with our friends on the other side of the aisle.
  Let us take the case of the $18 billion; $18 billion of gimmicks. One 
of them, almost a third of that is the U.S. census which has been in 
existence since this Nation started. That is not an emergency. They 
have said we have $18 billion in emergencies. These are not 
emergencies. They are gimmicks.
  What we need to do is focus in this body on making sure we do not 
raid Social Security, we do not rely on gimmicks, and we be truthful 
with the American people.

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