[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24316]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



           REPUBLICANS ENDING 30-YEAR RAID ON SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. THUNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. THUNE. Madam Speaker, Republicans here in the House are doing the 
right thing for seniors, the right thing for our children, and the 
right thing for every American who hopes to retire. We have walled off 
Social Security and placed it in a secure lockbox. We are ending the 
30-year raid on Social Security.
  Now we need our colleagues in the Senate to do the same thing: Take 
up the lockbox legislation, follow our lead, and do what is right for 
our parents, our children, and for the next generation of Americans.
  The American people deserve to know who is serious about protecting 
and saving Social Security. We need the lockbox legislation passed in 
the Senate and signed into law by the President.

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