[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9148]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, with the specter of fiscal collapse facing 
our children and grandchildren's public retirement, Social Security 
reform is an idea whose time has come. And President Bush, never one to 
flinch from a good fight, is to be commended for taking it on.
  Social Security reform means keeping its promise in tact for seniors 
and all who choose to remain in the system. But Social Security reform 
also means offering a better deal to younger Americans in the form of 
voluntary personal accounts.
  And we can do it all, Mr. Speaker, without raising taxes on working 
families, small businesses and family farms. So let us get on with it. 
Let the House lead on Social Security reform. If the House goes first, 
we will produce a reform that is consistent with the President's vision 
for a 21st century public retirement system.

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