What the amendment does, simply said, is we can do nothing in these considerations that will further weaken or hurt the trust fund. That is basically what it does. The amendment of the Senator from Texas hurts the solvency of the fund. This amendment corrects that.
Discussing an amendment related to the trust fund's solvency.
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