[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 107 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H5736]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. CROWLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, my Republican colleagues are singing the 
same old tune again. This past Sunday on ``Meet the Press,'' the 
Republicans top campaign leader let the truth be known. If the 
Republicans take power in Congress, he said, ``We need to go back to 
the exact same agenda.'' The exact same agenda. The one that lost 8 
million manufacturing jobs in this country, the one that tried to 
privatize Social Security, the one that drove our country into a ditch. 
Yep, that same agenda.
  What does privatization of Social Security really mean? It means 
taking your money and letting Wall Street play with it. We saw how well 
that worked over the past few years when the Republicans controlled 
this House. Private retirement accounts lost one-third of their value 
during the Republican recession. Heads they win, tails you lose.
  But the Republicans don't learn from their mistakes; so they want to 
return to the exact same agenda of the Bush Republican years.
  America, make sure Congress knows Social Security is your money. You 
earned it. You paid for it. It is your future.

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