What better guarantee can we give our senior citizens that Social Security will be taken off the table? This is not the better guarantee... Let us take action not on a mere symbolic commitment, not on a mere symbolic one, Mr. Speaker, like the Flanagan amendment, but a real-teeth amendment, enforceable amendment, like the Gephardt amendment.
Debating the importance of the Gephardt amendment regarding Social Security during a House floor discussion.
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