[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 63 (Thursday, May 16, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H2516-H2517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. ETHERIDGE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of Social 
Security. Social Security is our Nation's most successful domestic 
initiative. It has lifted millions of Americans out of poverty. Social 
Security represents a solemn promise to our seniors that says if you 
work hard and play by the rules you will not be forced in your golden 
years into poverty, and no one has a right to break that promise.
  The Republican leadership plans to privatize Social Security and 
replace its guarantee with a risky gamble. This privatization plan 
jeopardizes the requirement security of our seniors and our working 
families. Now the Republican leadership is trying to change the subject 
and duck the word ``privatization.'' The American people will not be 
fooled by this trick. This House must

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put aside partisan tricks and the privatization plan, and I call on my 
colleagues to join me in opposing privatization and work to protect 
Social Security and the promise to America's seniors.

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