[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 27283]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        TREAT OUR SENIORS BETTER

  (Mr. WYNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, good morning.
  I rise to speak about how we treat those in the twilight of life, our 
seniors, our parents and our grandparents.
  Contrary to what my colleagues may have heard earlier this morning, 
Democrats have always supported Social Security. On the other hand, 
Republican leaders have not. They have, in fact, urged that it be 
abolished, phased out or, Mr. Speaker, let it wither on the vine.
  Specifically today, however, they are talking about not spending the 
Social Security Trust Fund, but unfortunately the CBO has documented 
that in fact they have spent it to the tune of $17 billion of Social 
Security Trust Fund money that is being spent by the Republican 
leadership in this year's budget.

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  Do not be fooled by the gimmicks and the 13-month year. The fact of 
the matter is they are spending Social Security.
  Additionally, they do not extend the solvency of Social Security. 
President Clinton and the Democrats have a proposal to extend the 
solvency of the Social Security trust fund to the year 2050.
  Third, they do not do a thing about providing a prescription drug 
benefit for seniors. We have a proposal to provide prescription drug 
benefits in the Medicare Program.
  Let us treat our seniors better. Let us reject the Republican budget 
proposals.

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