John Shaw

Mr. Speaker, this is the taxpayers' money. It is not the government's money. When the government has enough to operate and to pay down the debt and to act in a responsible way for the foreseeable future, it is our obligation to let the…

The lockbox is released as soon as the Congress saves Social Security. So to say that this is going to bind the hands or tie the hands of future Congresses presupposes that we will not save Social Security, and I will tell the gentleman…

I happen to have the district that is next to the district of the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Archer), and I have known the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Archer) for many, many years. In fact, he does not particularly like for me to tell people…

Mr. Speaker, I am particularly proud of and want to talk about several provisions that are in this bill. One would improve Medicare benefits to fight breast cancer and cervical cancer. My digital mammography provision gives women access to…

Mr. Speaker, we here in this Chamber are only the voices speaking out for the millions of Americans who do care about the environment, and leading that in this House, of course, we have our great chairman, the gentleman from Pennsylvania…

Because of what we do here today, if it does pass the other body and the President's desk, little Joshua will owe $240 billion less than he does today on the national debt.

Mr. Speaker, it is not confusing. The Republicans are committed to empowering American families by returning power, money and choices to the people. We do not believe that the Federal budget surplus belongs to the government. It is the…

The Railroad Retirement and Survivors Improvement Act makes important changes to the Railroad Retirement System that will enhance benefits, increase the industry's responsibility over its pension system, and set the stage for more…

I must advise my colleague from Florida that any monies going into the Medicare Trust Fund is replaced with Treasury bills. This is what the gentlewoman is referring to as IOUs. That is what it is under existing law; that is what it would…

I support making prescription drugs part of Medicare. And I hope this Congress can finally come together in a bipartisan way and approve a plan where we can give our seniors some relief. The gentleman is absolutely right. There are people…

Mr. Speaker, we have this afternoon talked about from the other side of the aisle just about everything except the taxpayer, just about everything except what is really going on here. What we are trying to do is to give some relief to our…

I am very proud that we have kept Social Security. Line 20(b) on the tax return, is that the first tier on Social Security, the first tier tax?

I have great trouble with that. How would I as a CPA advise my clients as to whether or not there was going to be a surplus? How is the IRS going to even prepare the income tax forms that have to be gotten out? And how can we depend upon…

the gas tax is a use tax to pay for highways. What we are talking about now is Social Security. It is quite different. And to say that it is right to tax some folks and it is wrong to tax other folks on the same type of income and moneys…

Mr. Speaker, this bill, a portion of this bill, requires that the Commissioner of Customs enter into a fee-for-service agreement to provide international air cargo customs service at the Fort Lauderdale- Hollywood International Airport…

much has been said on this floor that is simply not true. What is threatening Social Security today? The inaction of the other side of the aisle, the uncooperative spirit, not all Members. I am not speaking to all Members there. But we…

I strongly support H.R. 5, legislation to repeal the earnings penalty for hard-working seniors age 65 and over. I am especially pleased that the Senate acted quickly and unanimously in support of this important legislation. The technical…

I mentioned it to her, and I asked her her age. Her age is a little above 65 but below 70. She is working waiting on tables, very hard work for someone that age, on her feet all day long, never complains. And yet we are taxing her at such…

I say to the gentleman, I think it is also important to note that we have walled off Social Security with the lockbox. That money is out there and held sacred. It goes to pay down the debt if it is not being used to reform Social Security…

I am sure that we will all be in the Rose Garden smiling together with the President and be there when he signs it. I am certainly looking forward to that day. I again want to congratulate you and the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr…

I obviously strongly support H.R. 5, legislation that would repeal the earnings penalty for hard-working seniors age 65 and over. Many seniors are shocked to learn that if they work past the age of 65 they may lose some or even all of…

This has been, I think, a real landmark in what we can accomplish in this Congress by working together. There should be no disagreement in this country, no disagreement, that people who work their entire working lives, when they reach…

I do believe it. But, you know, back then it might have made a little bit of sense when you had unemployment of about 25 percent, people desperately needed jobs. Now we have the other problem. We need more workers in this country. The…

let me explain that for a moment. Because that sounds impossible, but it is. What happens when that money is taken away from the seniors in the form of an earnings penalty, it is given back to them very slowly after their 70th birthday, so…

this is just the right thing to do. Now, people have wondered why in the world Congress did not do it earlier. Well, it simply means that that money was being spent by the Congress to run the Government, so they were taking it away from…