[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12911-12912]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               UPHOLDING THE PROMISES OF SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. BERRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BERRY. Mr. Speaker, when this President was reelected, he 
announced proudly that he had political capital and he intended to 
spend it. He intended to replace Social Security. All of his proposals 
provide that we would replace Social Security with something less: 
``Let us give the working people of this country less than we 
promised.''

                              {time}  1015

  Social Security is a covenant between our working people and the 
United States Government. They are entitled to get what they have paid 
for. They have worked all their days and paid honorably into the 
system. Now this President and some of my colleagues on the Republican 
side say, I

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am sorry, we just do not want to do that anymore, so we are not going 
to pay you. You paid into the system; that is just your tough luck. We 
are just not going to do that.
  We do not need to replace Social Security, we just need to fund it.

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