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Pete Hoekstra: “The false deficit. Mr. Speaker, that is right. But we still are facing this crisis. So we, with the plan now to wall off…”

On the recordMarch 10, 1999
The false deficit. Mr. Speaker, that is right. But we still are facing this crisis. So we, with the plan now to wall off the Social Security dollars, say, number one, we are getting a handle on it. But it does not take care of these deficits yet. We are going to have to come up with a plan to reform Social Security. I think that leads into your options.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for Social Security reform in relation to the federal deficit.

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