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Neil Abercrombie: Would you agree that it is very convenient for the Committee on the Budget then to be able to cite the so-called surplus…

On the recordJune 4, 1996
Would you agree that it is very convenient for the Committee on the Budget then to be able to cite the so-called surplus in the Social Security fund as a source of providing the funds for balancing the budget?
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Neil Abercrombie
Hawaii

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Questioning the use of Social Security surplus in budget discussions.

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