[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 158 (Wednesday, November 10, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H11860]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           STOP DELAYS ON SOCIAL SECURITY LOCKBOX LEGISLATION

  (Mr. VITTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VITTER. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow is Veterans Day, and it is also day 
168 since this House passed the Social Security lockbox bill.
  Memorial Day, the 4th of July, Labor Day, Yom Kippur, Columbus Day, 
the World Series, and tomorrow Veterans Day all will pass since this 
body acted to permanently stop the raid on Social Security. In those 
five months, the other body has failed to consider providing lockbox 
protection for the Social Security Trust Fund.
  Mr. Speaker, time after time, an effort was made to bring the bill to 
the floor, but those efforts were all unsuccessful. And all the while, 
the leader of the obstructionists, the man who sits in the White House, 
accused the Republican Party of being against Social Security.
  Once again, the truth did not get in the way of White House rhetoric.
  We will soon be recessing, heading home for Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, 
Christmas, New Year's. Let us pledge not to let too many of those 
precious holidays pass before we pass in the House and the Senate 
Social Security lockbox protection.

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