[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H589-H590]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                SOCIAL SECURITY IS SAFE WITH REPUBLICANS

  (Mr. McCORMICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McCORMICK. Mr. Speaker, for the last 2 days, I have heard 
repeatedly the other side of the House say that Republicans want to cut 
Social Security or reduce spending on Social Security and reduce 
benefits from Social Security.
  I will call that a lie. Just because you repeat it multiple times 
does not

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make it a fact, Mr. Speaker. I actually asked around my entire 
delegation, my entire caucus: Does anyone want to reduce spending on 
Social Security? Not one person said yes. As a matter of fact, 
everybody said no.
  As a caucus, we have discussed this multiple times, both on the floor 
and in conference, and we have all unanimously said that we are not 
going to reduce spending on Social Security.
  As a matter of fact, I will challenge anybody who says differently to 
show me in writing where this secret document exists or where the 
secret statement exists because I haven't seen it.
  I want to take this opportunity to express that just because you say 
it doesn't make it fact. The fact is that no Republican is talking 
about reducing spending on Social Security as a caucus.

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