[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 149 (Thursday, October 28, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H11073]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           ELIMINATE GOVERNMENT WASTE TO SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. WELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, this is what it is all about today. We are 
making a choice: Government waste, or Social Security. This is what it 
is all about.
  My friends on the other side of the aisle for 30 years raided the 
Social Security trust fund and ran up massive deficits. We are putting 
a stop to that practice, because we want to stop the raid on Social 
Security, and we think it is about time.
  Let me ask this question: Is there anyone who honestly believes that 
there is not 1 percent waste, fraud and abuse in the Federal 
Government? Folks back home in the south side of Chicago and the south 
suburbs believe there is a lot more than just 1 percent of the Federal 
Government budget going to waste.
  We think it is time to eliminate it. That is what it is all about 
today. We are going to vote today to cut government waste in order to 
protect the Social Security trust fund.
  Now, there is an alternative. As you know, the Bill Clinton 
Democratic budget calls for a $238 billion tax increase as an 
alternative to cutting government waste.
  Let us stop the raid on Social Security. Let us cut government waste. 
We have that opportunity today.

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