Byron Dorgan: “I wonder if the Senator recalls the discussions we had, actually inside the Cloakrooms, in which some members of the…”

“I wonder if the Senator recalls the discussions we had, actually inside the Cloakrooms, in which some members of the majority party were, in private, saying to us, ``We will stop using the Social Security funds in 2008,'' while others were out on the floor saying, ``We are not using Social Security funds to balance the budget.'' I said it was three stages of denial. Actually, there was a third person on the floor saying, ``There are no Social Security funds.'' So the three stages of denial that were orchestrated, all at the same time, in total harmony, and I might give them credit for that, are: First, there are no Social Security trust funds; or, second, there are Social Security trust funds, but we are not misusing them; and then, third, back in the Cloakroom here, in their own handwriting, which I still have, by the way, there are Social Security funds, we are misusing them, and we promise to stop by the year 2008. Does the Senator recall that?”