Ed Royce: “as we know, this Congress has accomplished much, and it should be proud of what it has done. We said we wanted to…”

“as we know, this Congress has accomplished much, and it should be proud of what it has done. We said we wanted to preserve and protect Social Security and Medicare, and we have. We stopped the raid on Social Security that had been going on for decades. And we made the system stronger by passing legislation locking away 100 percent of the Social Security surplus for Social Security, not for any other spending. Republicans said we would eliminate the deficit and pay down the debt, and we have. In fact, under the Republican budget, we will pay off the entire $3.5 trillion publicly held debt. When Americans across this land said they wanted us to eliminate the marriage tax, we ignored protests from the Clinton-Gore administration, and we passed a bill that makes married couples equal with singles in the eyes of the IRS. Let us work together in a bipartisan manner on behalf of all Americans to protect and preserve Social Security and accomplish these other goals.”