[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17531]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mrs. DAVIS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speaker, my colleagues have been saying 
all along that the recently introduced Social Security GROW Act does 
not address the future solvency of Social Security, that it will cut 
guaranteed Social Security benefits, and that it continues the raid on 
the Social Security Trust Fund, despite what its sponsors say.
  Well, you do not have to take our word for it. Even my friends on the 
other side of the aisle have begun to publicly question their party's 
plan. The gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Kolbe) said in USA Today that 
``you must eat your spinach before having dessert, and this plan only 
offers dessert: the personal retirement accounts.'' Senator Chuck 
Grassley of Iowa said in the L.A. Times that he was ``disappointed that 
the new House Republican bill did not address Social Security's 
impending insolvency.'' And the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. 
Simmons) said to Bloomberg News, ``I do not support legislation that 
takes tax dollars and diverts them to private accounts.''
  This legislation is not the way to preserve Social Security. As we 
prepare to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Social Security, we should 
be straightening it rather than jeopardizing our citizens' hard-earned 
retirement savings.

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