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On the recordApril 21, 1999
Our proposal, as the Senator knows, is to make sure that every Social Security surplus dollar is either spent in conjunction with legislation to modernize and guarantee the long-term solvency of Social Security, or used, as I said, to pay down the publicly held debt.
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Ralph Lee Abraham
Louisiana

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Discussing the use of Social Security surplus dollars during a Senate debate.

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