[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14721]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           THE B-E-S-T AGENDA

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, this year the Republican Party has 
introduced and been pushing for the BEST agenda. B is for best, 
strongest military; E is for excellence in education, with local 
control, not Washington control; S is for saving Social Security; and T 
is for reducing taxes through spending reductions.
  Now, part of our planning under Social Security protection is the 
lockbox concept. What the lockbox says is that Congress will no longer 
mix Social Security money with general operating money. Just as 
businesses cannot mix pension plans with operating expenses, the U.S. 
Government needs to do the same thing. Put Social Security funds in a 
lockbox so that it will be there for retirement.
  That bill passed the House on an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, 
Republicans and Democrats. Now it is in the other body. Hopefully they 
will bring it to the floor. It has been 70 days that they have drug 
this thing out. Now the President is in support of it. I ask the other 
body to please pass the lockbox and protect Social Security for the 
future.

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