[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 26555]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                            SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. CARTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CARTER. Mr. Speaker, this year the President of the United 
States, George W. Bush, raised the issue and started the great debate 
on Social Security. The American public learned that our Social 
Security system is in trouble, and they know that if we do not do 
something, we are going to be facing a crisis.
  You can debate when that crisis is going to happen, but no one now 
will doubt that there is a crisis. I believe we can dream a dream for 
an America in which everyone can have a living amount of money that 
they can retire on. Right now, if Social Security is all you have got, 
you are in trouble. It is time for us to continue this debate.
  It is time for us on both sides of the aisle to come to the table and 
address Social Security and come up with solutions which will increase 
the amount of available income to our retirees and to our elderly, so 
that all people in America can live the American Dream, both now and 
when they reach their golden years. Let us not stop the debate on 
Social Security. Let us continue to look at this important issue.

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