[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20538]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        LET US LOOK AT THE FACTS

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, let us look at the facts. 
Republicans have locked away 100 percent of the Social Security and 
Medicare surplus. Republicans have eliminated over $350 billion of our 
Nation's debt and will totally eliminate it by 2012.
  We asked the Vice President to join us in dedicating another 90 
percent or $240 billion of next year's surplus toward eliminating the 
debt. Unfortunately, the Vice President does not agree. You see he 
wants to spend over $1 trillion on increasing the size of our 
government.
  Most Americans would agree the Vice President's plan to spend 1 
trillion more dollars is shortsighted. We do not need a bigger 
government. Americans do not want, do not need and do not deserve a big 
government spending spree. They deserve a secure retirement and a debt-
free America.

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