Byron Dorgan: “This piece of paper is on every Senate desk. It is laying here on mine, but every Senate desk has it, and this is the…”

“This piece of paper is on every Senate desk. It is laying here on mine, but every Senate desk has it, and this is the actual conference report. On page 4 of the actual conference report, it says, 'Deficits,' and then in the year 2002, it says, '$103 billion in deficits.' The Senator from North Dakota, Senator Conrad, has spoken on this before as well, but it seems to me what this does is technically comply with the law, because the law says that you cannot use Social Security trust funds to portray in a piece of legislation like this that you have balanced the budget. But with the exception of this notation on page 4 that the deficit is going to be $103 billion in 2002, with the exception of that one notation, every other piece of information given on the floor of the Senate, every speech given by the majority that brings this to the floor alleges this is a balanced budget.”