[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 23104]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              WE MUST PROTECT THE SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUS

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, let us be honest. President 
Clinton and his fellow Democrats believe in big government, the bigger 
the better. For years, President Clinton and the Democrats have 
increased taxes, squandered precious Social Security money on wasteful 
government spending. Now, thanks to fiscally responsible Republican 
policies, we have a budget surplus.
  We tried to return some of it to the American people, the true 
owners, but President Clinton vetoed any tax relief for hard-working 
Americans. Instead, the President and the Democrats cannot resist the 
urge to take the surplus, go on a big spending spree and charge it to 
America's Social Security account. The President wants this funded with 
new taxes, of course. Americans do not want, need, or deserve new 
taxes.
  Mr. Speaker, we must protect the Social Security surplus from the 
President.

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