[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 27, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H10865]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       REPUBLICANS DELIVER ON PROMISE TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I do not understand our friends on the other 
side of the aisle. They come down here with a phony number saying that 
Republicans are dipping into the Social Security trust fund by $13 
billion. That is not true, and they know it. Because if it were true, 
the Democrats would be down here trying to cut $13 billion from the 
budget to save Social Security. But they are not. Instead, they are 
actually criticizing us for not spending more money.
  So here is the position of our friends on the other side of the aisle 
in a nutshell. On the one hand, they say we are spending $13 billion 
more than we should. On the other hand, they are saying we should be 
spending more. How is that for consistency?
  Mr. Speaker, when this process is over, it will be clear to all that 
we Republicans have delivered on our promise to protect Social Security 
from being raided by our big-spending friends on the other side of the 
aisle.

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