[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 144 (Thursday, October 21, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H10618]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  SOCIAL SECURITY: PEOPLE'S RETIREMENT FUND NOT PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL 
                               SLUSH FUND

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, newspapers reported several 
days ago that the President has taken a new hard line with Republicans 
in Congress, saying that he will refuse to sign other spending measures 
until they address his priorities and ``assure the Social Security 
surplus is being protected.''
  Being protected? Recently the President vetoed the foreign aid bill 
and has threatened to veto others because they do not spend more. But 
more of what?
  Since the President has refused to accept our reasonable spending 
measures, he has only who choices left, either raise taxes or raid the 
Social Security Trust Fund, neither of which Congress will support, nor 
will I.
  If President Clinton was sincere about protecting Social Security, he 
would sign into law the reasonable spending measures we have passed in 
Congress and sent to him.
  Mr. Speaker, Social Security is the people's retirement fund, not the 
President's personal slush fund. Stop the raid on Social Security.

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