[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 27064]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                  VOTE ``YES'' TO SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. HILL of Montana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HILL of Montana. Mr. Speaker, day after day Members of both 
political parties have come to this floor and said that we must not 
invade the Social Security trust fund to spend on other programs. I 
have been among those. The President stood in this Chamber in the 1998 
State of the Union Address and said, ``Let's put aside 100 percent of 
Social Security for Social Security.'' I applauded those remarks at the 
time. But then the President sent proposal after proposal to this floor 
to spend those funds. When he did that, he was wrong and I stood 
against him.
  In the next few days, every Member of this Chamber is going to have 
an opportunity to put their money where their mouth is.
  The rubber is about to meet the road. In order to avoid spending part 
of Social Security, we are going to have to cut back a little bit on 
the spending bills. It is about 1 percent, more or less. The American 
people are going to be watching, because it is a simple test. If you 
are prepared to make the tough choice that is going to be required to 
protect Social Security, then you will vote ``yes.'' But if your pledge 
to protect Social Security has been nothing but hollow rhetoric, then 
you are probably going to find some reason to vote ``no.'' It is all 
boiling down to this one vote.
  I am going to stand with America's seniors. I am going to stand with 
the folks who pay the Social Security taxes. I am going to fight for 
Social Security. I am going to vote ``yes.'' America is going to be 
watching.

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