[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 70 (Tuesday, May 24, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H3774]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     YOUNGER GENERATION IMPORTANT IN DISCUSSIONS OF SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. CONAWAY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Speaker, during the month of May, many parents and 
grandparents, as myself, will begin to celebrate college graduations 
and high school graduations of the next generation of workers in this 
country. This is the group that we should be engaging in the debate on 
Social Security reform. This is the group that stands the most risk if 
the current system cannot sustain itself.
  I encourage my colleagues to engage this group of individuals as we 
begin this debate, to help them understand how important it is that we 
put back the security in Social Security for this generation, and that 
we help them understand the role that a safety net of Social Security 
has within an overall retirement package.
  So I encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to begin this 
debate with these newly fresh-minted graduates as they take their place 
in exciting new careers and as they conduct their lives and help us 
with Social Security.

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