[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 32 (Wednesday, March 16, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H1514]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. SHAW asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHAW. Mr. Speaker, at the urging of the Democrat leadership in 
the Congress, political campaign veterans have formed a new liberal 
group that plans to raise $25 to $50 million to pressure lawmakers to 
vote against any Social Security plan that includes prepaid individual 
retirement accounts.
  With straight faces, the Democrats call themselves ``Americans United 
to Protect Social Security.''
  They say: ``The President and his supporters in Congress are messing 
with the third rail of politics; and we're going to be sure they get 
zapped'' good.
  Mr. Speaker, this is about our children. The greatest disservice to 
our children and grandchildren would be to give in to groups like this 
who claim there is no problem and who simultaneously use Social 
Security as a political club to beat down those of us who would dare to 
strengthen it.
  House Democrats have become the party of noes, and they are led by 
``Minority Leader No.'' If we do nothing, as some Democrats would have 
it, today's young workers and future workers will face benefit 
reductions, payroll tax increases and unprecedented debt.
  Mr. Speaker, we should be worried about the next generation, not 
simply the next election.

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