[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 26, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H10774-H10775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        NO MEANS NO WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, as the White House said it best, John 
Podesta, the Chief of Staff, said, ``The Republicans' key goal is not 
to spend the Social Security surplus.'' That comes from the leading 
liberal Democrat over there.
  Indeed, that is what we have done. This chart right here shows, 
particularly on the bottom part, that we have in fact not spent any of 
the Social Security surplus. It is very important.
  But now where are the Democrats on this process? Well, here is the 
minority leader. ``The Democrats will spend a little bit of the 
money.'' He is saying that we should not try to do it, but we are going 
to have to do it.
  That is the difference right now between the Democrats and the 
Republicans. Republicans are saying, ``No means no. We don't want to 
spend any Social Security money for balancing the budget.'' The 
Democrats are saying, ``Let's spend a little bit of it.''
  Now, what is our way of getting around it? We say that out of every 
$10 in spending, ten bucks, we are asking the Federal Government 
agencies to save 13 cents. That is all it is, save 13

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cents. To give an example, the President went to Africa last year and 
took 1,700 people. Two would have had to stay at home under our plan.

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