[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 23103]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                 RAIDING THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND

  (Mr. SCHAFFER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, the President wants to raise taxes and 
raid the Social Security trust fund to pay for new government spending. 
Do not just take my word for it, look at the facts. The Congressional 
Budget Office scored the President's budget as a net tax increase and 
House Democrats support that budget and the President wants to increase 
spending by billions of dollars, which the Congressional Budget Office 
also confirms breaks the very budget caps the President agreed to and 
took credit for in our budget agreement.
  For the past 32 years Congress has raided the Social Security trust 
fund to pay for more government. Republicans want to put an end to 
that. It is time for this Congress to stop playing by the rules 
established by liberal Democrats in the 1960's. Seniors in my district 
are surprised to hear that Congress has been routinely operating in 
this manner. They do not understand why politicians in Washington use 
retirement money for anything other than retirement. It just does not 
seem right. It is not right. We must stop the President's raid on 
Social Security.

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