[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4555]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 587. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1628, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2017; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON REPEALING THE 1993 TAX HIKE 
                   ON SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS SECTION.

       (a) Findings.--
       (1) The 1993 tax on Social Security benefits was imposed as 
     part of the President Clinton's agenda to raise taxes;
       (2) The original 1993 tax hike on Social Security benefits 
     was to raise income taxes on Social Security retirees with as 
     little as $25,000 of income;
       (3) Repeated efforts to repeal the 1993 tax hike on Social 
     Security benefits have failed; and
       (4) Seniors rely on Social Security benefits as well as 
     dividend income to fund their retirement and they should have 
     taxes reduced on both sources of income.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the Committee on Finance should report out legislation 
     to repeal the tax on seniors for taxable years beginning in 
     2018 and 2019 in a manner consistent with the preservation of 
     the Medicare Trust Fund.
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