[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6942]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             RHETORIC VS. REALITY, SOCIAL SECURITY DEFINED

  (Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
clarify a few points about strengthening and preserving Social 
Security.
  Unfortunately, partisan opposition groups are playing word games with 
Social Security reform. Let me tell the Members what these words mean 
to the average American.
  Privatization means taking Social Security completely out of the 
hands of government and turning the program over to a private entity. I 
will never vote to privatize Social Security.
  Personal accounts means giving younger workers a choice to invest a 
portion of their tax dollars into safe and secure accounts. Most 
importantly, these accounts would be owned by the individuals and 
protected from the D.C. practice of using these funds for general 
spending. This is not privatization.
  I would hope that instead of slinging half-truths and 
misrepresentations, those groups opposed to any sort of reform would 
instead present choices of their own and meet Republicans at the 
negotiating table in a productive, constructive manner.

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