[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 26663]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



       STOP RAIDS ON SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND ONCE AND FOR ALL

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, being a leader means making some tough 
choices. This year, we have a historic opportunity to lock away 100 
percent of the Social Security surplus and put an end to the Democrats' 
practice of raiding the Social Security Trust Fund.
  It means we have to make tough choices between saving Social Security 
or funding some other goal, like the President's desire to increase 
foreign aid by approximately 30 percent, taking it all out of Social 
Security.
  The question, Mr. Speaker, is not whether we want to spend more on 
foreign aid or other programs. The question is whether we want to spend 
more on these programs if it comes out of the expense of Social 
Security.
  Mr. Speaker, we Republicans have chosen to say no to more government 
spending and yes to stopping the Democratic leadership's raid on Social 
Security.
  The American people have already made that choice as well. They would 
rather protect Social Security and Medicare than continue funding the 
fraud, waste, and abuse that runs rampant in government bureaucracy. 
Americans have to make tough financial choices every day, and I would 
encourage the Democratic leadership to stop demagoguing this issue and 
to join our bipartisan effort to end the raid on Social Security once 
and for all.

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