[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15002]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    NEED TO FIX SOCIAL SECURITY NOW

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, Social Security is an issue that needs our 
attention now. We are dedicated to a solution. We are dedicated to 
securing the funds we have promised to today's seniors and securing 
funds for future generations.
  Allowing workers to place part of their Social Security money in a 
personal account with their name on it ensures that Congress will have 
to find the money elsewhere.
  It is time to stop the raid on Social Security. We are reaching out 
across the aisle in an attempt to address this issue in a bipartisan 
manner, Mr. Speaker. However, members of the minority have chosen to 
mislead and obstruct, rather than work together to help the American 
people.
  Congress has been spending Social Security money on programs other 
than Social Security. A philosopher once said, ``The ultimate test of a 
moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children.'' How can 
we call ourselves moral and effective legislators if we simply deny the 
problem and leave the mess for future generations to clean up? But how 
can we do this if Congress keeps raiding the Social Security cookie 
jar.
  On March 6, the minority leader stated on Fox News Sunday, ``We must 
stop raiding the Social Security trust fund of its money to pay for 
other things.'' The minority leader has since changed her tune. This 
week she stated that ``there is nothing wrong with Social Security 
lending money with the prospect of returning it.''
  The minority should join the effort to strengthen Social Security, 
and help secure the retirement security of future generations.

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