[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26812]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



               PROTECTING THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND

  (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, it is crunch time. After today, eight of the 
13 spending bills will be signed into law. Seventy percent of our 
budget will be law. The remaining five spending bills will complete the 
financial responsibility for the U.S. Government. When we are done, we 
will have balanced the Federal budget without spending one cent of the 
Social Security surplus.
  Using bogus ground rules, some liberals are saying that we have 
already spent the Social Security surplus. It is not true. But, Mr. 
Speaker, if they are so concerned, they should vote for our across-the-
board 1.29 percent savings. That will protect the Social Security Trust 
Fund. All you have to do is crunch about 1 cent out of every dollar of 
Federal spending, discretionary spending, and we will save it.
  It is crunch time, Mr. Speaker, time to crunch Government waste and 
save the Social Security Trust Fund.

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