[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 58 (Thursday, May 5, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H2982]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. GINGREY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of strengthening 
one of the most important Federal programs, Social Security.
  This past Monday, Vice President Cheney graciously came to my 
district to talk to the good people of Georgia to talk about fixing 
Social Security for our future generations. At a town hall meeting at 
Campbell High School, one of the students stood up and said, Mr. Vice 
President, is Social Security going to be there for me when I reach 
retirement age. And the Vice President said, I hope so, son, but not 
unless we do something about it now.
  I am really astonished my colleagues on the other side of the aisle 
are willing to put our children's retirement in jeopardy because they 
would rather use Social Security as a political weapon than an 
opportunity for bipartisan achievement.
  Mr. Speaker, anyone can criticize and obstruct; but it takes a leader 
to do the heavy lifting on a serious problem as our President and Vice 
President have done. I urge my colleagues to keep up the good fight 
because our children and their children are dependent on us to save 
Social Security.

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