[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 27066]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            PRESIDENT SENDS PLAN ON SOCIAL SECURITY TO HOUSE

  (Mr. OSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OSE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for giving me an 
opportunity to stand before the forum this morning and express my 
appreciation.

                              {time}  1030

  For a number of days, I have been in the well seeking the President's 
plan on Social Security, and I have, for 29 days, been tracking the 
fact that, until yesterday afternoon, the President had not delivered a 
plan.
  While I am pleased to say that we have received a plan, it did just 
come in yesterday afternoon, it is a very lengthy plan, it is filled 
with many howevers, and whereases, and therefores, and thereases, and I 
am working my way through it. But I did want to stand and express my 
appreciation to the administration, Mr. Speaker, for having forwarded 
the plan and to say that we will be reviewing it.
  I hope it gets a fair hearing, and I am looking forward to the 
dialogue as to the adequacy of the plan. So with that, Mr. Speaker, 
this placard is no longer operative. Again, I thank the administration 
for finally forwarding their plan.

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