[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24184]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



      REPUBLICANS ARE FIGHTING TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUS

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, the previous gentleman from Texas spoke very 
well, as a trial lawyer would. But I want to talk about the throes of a 
great struggle we are in to restore the integrity of the Social 
Security Trust Fund.
  If the Republicans in the House are successful, not one penny of the 
Social Security surplus will be spent on wasteful Washington spending. 
Last night, the Republicans passed a foreign operations bill that cuts 
the amount of foreign aid Americans send overseas. Why is that good? It 
reflects disciplined spending, it cuts growth in the Federal 
Government, and it protects the Social Security surplus.
  The President now has threatened to veto the bill. Why? Because he 
wants to spend $2 billion more on foreign aid. Now, that alone troubles 
most Americans. But what brings us to despair is that this $2 billion 
more the President wants to spend will come right out of the Social 
Security Trust Fund. The President intends to spend $2 billion more of 
the Social Security Trust Fund not here in America but overseas.
  Mr. Speaker, we are fighting to protect the Social Security surplus 
not only for this year but for the next year, the year 2000.

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