[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23806]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



        EVERYONE WANTS TO GO TO HEAVEN, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO DIE

  (Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, the late heavyweight champion of 
the world, Joe Louis, once said, ``Everyone wants to go to heaven but 
nobody wants to die.''
  Mr. Speaker, the wisdom of that statement will be shown to be true 
this week and next. Everybody in this House says that they want to 
protect Social Security. Everybody. But how many will support the 
spending cuts we need to get there?
  Every time the majority offers budget cuts to get there, the other 
side votes ``no,'' or offers tax increases, or screams bloody murder.
  We must cut spending to preserve Social Security. We must pass the 
Social Security lock-box. But as Joe Louis said: ``Everybody wants to 
go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.''

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