[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 27855]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    SENIORS WILL BE DISAPPOINTED WITH CONGRESSIONAL RECORD THIS YEAR

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Madam Speaker, as we prepare to finish our 
work in Washington and return home to our districts, we know we will 
have to explain our record here in Congress. It looks as though we will 
return to our seniors with terrible news. We will tell them that while 
the House passed a Social Security Lockbox Protection bill on May 26, 
this bill to permanently stop the raid on Social Security funds has 
been held hostage in the other body now for a total of 159 days.
  We will have to explain to our seniors that some big spenders in 
Washington want to continue the raid on Social Security funds. We 
stopped the raid this year, but it was not easy. That is why the 
lockbox bill is so important. It will make it easier to stop the raid 
in future years.
  I hope President Clinton and all the outside interest groups that say 
they speak for the interest of American seniors will join me in 
supporting lockbox protection for the Social Security Trust Fund.




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