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Harry Reid: You can't believe some of the things that are going on there. For example, so that they do not raid the Social Security…

On the recordMay 15, 2001
You can't believe some of the things that are going on there. For example, so that they do not raid the Social Security trust fund this year, they put off one provision for 15 days so they will not raid it for 15 days so they can go around and say we did not raid the trust fund this year--but we will do it in 15 days when it cuts in. I would like to read that.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Discussing concerns about the handling of the Social Security trust fund during Senate debate.

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