[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2965]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        SOCIAL SECURITY EARNINGS

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I will take just a few minutes of my 
leader's time to talk about the Social Security earnings limitation.
  I am very proud that the Senate is going to be taking up that issue 
this week and that we have a unanimous consent agreement which will 
limit us to only two or three amendments. One of those amendments is a 
technical correction, and then we have one by Senator Kerrey of 
Nebraska and one by Senator Gregg of New Hampshire.
  We have talked for years about the unfairness of Social Security 
recipients losing Social Security money if they need to continue 
working or want to continue working. At a time when we have a need for 
seniors who are 65, 66, 67 years old to meet the demands of our 
increased job availability market in America, it is the logical thing 
to do. Unfortunately, for many years we talked about it and did not do 
anything.
  The House of Representatives deserves credit for taking the lead on 
this issue, and now we find it is developing bipartisan support of 
Republicans and Democrats in the Senate and an indication that the 
President will sign it. It is long overdue, and I think it is an 
important issue. I hope a number of Senators will comment on it today 
and that we will have debate on the two amendments tomorrow and 
conclude this no later than Wednesday morning.
  So I am pleased we are able to proceed in this way, and I look 
forward to completing action on this important legislation.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nevada.

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