[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21894]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        SECURITY FOR OUR SENIORS

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Madam Speaker, we all have responsibilities in life. 
Unfortunately, the Clinton-Gore administration is once again 
irresponsibly blocking the road to prosperity for American people.
  Our seniors should not be forced to choose between food and medicine, 
and under our debt relief plan they will not have to make this tough 
choice. This Republican-led Congress wants to put 100 percent of Social 
Security and Medicare surpluses in a lockbox, and create another 
lockbox strictly for debt reduction to protect all our senior citizens. 
We want to guarantee that the surplus created by the tax dollars of the 
hardworking people of America be used for debt reduction and not big 
government spending.
  Our fiscal discipline will ensure that as we continue to pay off the 
debt, we will have more money to save for Social Security and Medicare. 
And this means more security and a better quality of life for our 
seniors.
  Let us keep the Washington bureaucrats out of our surpluses, out of 
our pockets, and out of our medicine cabinets. Let us build true 
prosperity and security for every American, young and old alike.

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