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On the recordMay 17, 1994
I think 4277, this bill, makes a lot of sense. I think it is going to pass and it is right. I say so for two reasons. First of all, it is entirely appropriate that this be a separate agency. Its time has come. There are a lot of questions in our own mind about the use of Social Security funds. I think this will tighten up the management, it will do exactly what we want it to do, everybody, not just us but everybody in the country. Another thing, it gets at the so-called corruption and the middleman fraud scheme that we have been dealing with... It is really not right to have people coming to this country... and be taken over by a slick middleman, and then bilk the system of thousands of dollars for him personally... I believe this bill goes a long way to correct that. From the administration's standpoint, the monetary standpoint, the management of fraud, I think it is the right thing to do. I urge my colleagues to support it.
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Amory Houghton
Republican · New York

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Discussing the merits of bill 4277 related to Social Security and fraud prevention.

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