[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 27, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H10864]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   REPUBLICAN VIEW ON SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, like the dawn of a new day we should all be 
pleased that the President has finally come around to seeing the 
Republican point of view that we should not spend one penny on other 
government programs from our Social Security trust fund. At the 
beginning of this year, the President wanted to spend billions of 
Social Security tax dollars on some big government programs, and I 
think today is real progress. However, I am concerned that instead of 
helping us cut bloated Federal bureaucracies to balance the Federal 
budget, the President wants to increase taxes on working Americans.
  Mr. Speaker, we know that the American people are taxed enough. It 
has only been through our hard work that the Federal budget is now 
balanced. There is no reason for us to raise one penny on the backs of 
lower and middle income families to pay for bigger Federal Government. 
That would be wrong for our hardworking families and for America. I 
urge the Democratic leadership to drop their plans to raise taxes on 
working Americans and join us in a bipartisan effort to balance the 
budget without using Social Security.
  I yield back the balance of my time and the President's proposal to 
raise taxes on Americans.

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