[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 25938]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF WHAT THE CONGRESS HAS DONE

  (Mr. ROYCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, this Congress has accomplished much, and I 
think we should be proud of what the Congress has done. We said we 
wanted to preserve and protect Social Security and Medicare, and we 
have. We stopped the raid on Social Security that had been going on for 
decades, and we made the system stronger by passing legislation locking 
away 100 percent of the Social Security surplus for Social Security; 
not for any other spending programs.
  Republicans said we would eliminate the deficit and pay down the 
debt, and we have. In fact, over just the past 3 years we have paid 
down $360 billion in debt. Over the next 5 years, our tax cuts will 
provide the average household almost $2,000 in tax relief, and this 
includes the $500 per child tax credit we enacted; and we are just 
getting started. Let us continue working on behalf of all Americans to 
protect and preserve Social Security; to provide tax relief; to pay off 
the Federal debt and to strengthen education.

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