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Byron Dorgan: I have been interested in seeing the responses of some who come to the floor and say we support this ``save Social…

On the recordJuly 22, 1998
I have been interested in seeing the responses of some who come to the floor and say we support this ``save Social Security first'' notion, and we want to add to it and make it better. I bet when this vote is over, within 24 hours we will have them or their cousins or their kin or their friends talking about how big the surplus is and how much of a tax cut they want to give. The question is, Where do you think they can provide the money to fund a tax cut if they are not to dip into the Social Security trust funds, and to go back on exactly what they are now proposing in the Gregg amendment, which is to save Social Security first?
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing the implications of tax cuts on Social Security during a debate.

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