[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 28, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1421]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     SOCIAL SECURITY EARNINGS LIMIT

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, my colleagues have heard of 
eliminating the Social Security earnings penalty. Well, we are finally 
doing it today.
  It has been a long fight for our seniors, but today we are going to 
vote to end the Social Security earnings penalty.
  The gentleman from Texas (Chairman Archer) has been working on that 
issue since 1973, and I have been working on it since I got in the 
Congress in 1991.
  Our seniors deserve the right to work without being penalized by the 
Federal Government. Senior Americans are diligent, experienced, 
productive; and they want to work without the fear of losing their 
Social Security benefits.
  This country was built by Americans of all ages who labored to 
realize their dreams. We have always rewarded work in America; and it 
is high time we rewarded, not penalized, our seniors for their hard 
work.

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