[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8338]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        THANKS FOR ADDRESSING THE VITAL ISSUE OF SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Madam Speaker, tonight our President addressed the 
Nation on the issue of Social Security reform, a vital issue not just 
for current retirees, but for generations to come. I want to praise 
what the President had to say tonight.
  This is one of the most major issues that we can take on as a 
Congress, the largest single issue we can take on here in the United 
States House of Representatives, so I think it is important that we say 
thank you to the President for taking on this important and vital issue 
that generations of Americans have relied upon.
  Social Security is important. We do not want to break it, we want to 
improve it and make sure it is a lasting institution, not just for 
those retirees today and those that are close to retirement, but for 
those of my generation, the Generation X-ers, who believe that Social 
Security will not be around for them. Also, we need to have personal 
private personal retirement accounts as part of Social Security.
  Thank you, Mr. President, for addressing this vital issue.

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