[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 27, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H10867]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CBO SAYS REPUBLICANS' PLAN DOES NOT SPEND SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUS

  (Mr. HERGER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Speaker, some of my friends on the other side of the 
aisle are continuing to claim that the Republican Congress' spending 
plan takes from the Social Security Trust Fund. Mr. Speaker, nothing 
could be further from the truth.
  The problem with the Democrat claim is that it is based on spending 
assumptions that have never materialized. They simply do not exist.
  Let me share with the House an updated letter, dated September 30, 
1999, from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. It says, ``CBO 
estimates that the Republicans' spending plan will not use any of the 
projected Social Security surpluses in fiscal year 2000.''
  The facts are clear, this Republican Congress is not and will not 
spend the Social Security surplus.

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