[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4642]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       THE COOPER-WOLF SAFE COMMISSION ACT: A PROPOSAL WITH TEETH

  (Mr. WOLF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WOLF. Madam Speaker, last Tuesday the annual Social Security 
Medicare Trustees Report was issued, and not surprisingly, drawing the 
same dismal conclusions it did last year. We have all heard the 
statistics about the demographic challenge retirement of the Baby 
Boomers generation presents. But what are we doing about it?
  I am disappointed that this Congress and this administration continue 
to turn a blind eye toward the country's unsustainable financial path. 
The American people cannot afford to have this issue languish in 
partisan gridlock. Americans should know the longer we wait to get our 
fiscal house in order, the harder and more abrupt the changes will be 
for America's younger generation.
  I am challenging all of us to be part of the solution so we can tell 
our children and our grandchildren that while serving in Congress, we 
did everything in our power to protect their futures. Please cosponsor 
the Cooper-Wolf SAFE Commission Act, which will put everything, 
entitlement spending, tax policy, and all other Federal programs on the 
table, and require action on controlling the long-term spending.

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