Political Quotes

“we have had a good debate, the first of its kind on the Senate floor concerning an independent agency for the Social Security Administration. We have had not a word of opposition heard, just as in our Finance Committee, as my friend Senator Packwood will agree, the vote was essentially unanimous with one Senator wishing to be recorded in opposition. The Senator from Arizona came to the floor with some amendments, very germane amendments in the field of Social Security on a matter about which he feels very strongly, about which I feel and Senator Packwood feels should be looked into, but that should not really be carried by this particular bill to establish an independent Social Security Administration. We have reached a very amicable agreement. He withdrew his amendments and we are going to follow up with him in a new independent agency, which we will want to do. And part of the debate that created that independent agency is the debate that said we are going to deal with this question of earnings limitations.”