[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 28504]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



               ASKING THE PRESIDENT TO DO THE RIGHT THING

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, as usual, the gentleman from Ohio is 
absolutely right.
  I address my comments to another topic, however. In the coming days, 
the President is going to have to do some critical things and make some 
critical decisions. He can choose to support a Republican program that 
balances the budget and saves social security, or he can succumb to the 
pressure of the liberal Democrat leadership here in the House and bust 
the budget and loot the social security trust fund once again.
  To the average hard-working American taxpayer, this should not really 
be a dilemma, but this is Washington, and silly things happen here. 
When liberals get together to discuss spending issues, it is awfully 
hard to keep their hands off of the taxpayers' money.
  The President talks about his legacy. He can assure his place in 
history if he stands up to his free-spending friends and says no to 
budget-busting and no to more increases and raids on the social 
security trust fund.
  Let us hope that just this once, the President does the right thing.

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