[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22999]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



           WE MUST PUT A STOP TO THE RAID ON SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, the President and House 
Democrats want to continue their 30-year raid on the Social Security 
trust fund but Republicans have drawn a line in the sand. First, we 
forced the President to agree to our lockbox provision, which walls off 
the Social Security trust fund from Washington politicians who want to 
use it for new Federal spending. Now we want to protect the Social 
Security money from the big government liberals who want to increase 
spending and increase the size and power of the Federal Government.
  The President's budget would spend $57 billion of the Social Security 
surplus in the fiscal year 2000 budget alone. We must put a stop to the 
raid on Social Security. Stop the raid. Let us put an end to 30 years 
of fiscal irresponsibility.

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