On the recordApril 1, 2003
In other words, Mr. Speaker, this is an attempt to create a lockbox to preserve Social Security. And then, no matter how much the gentleman may not like the explanation, when we read the black letter language, what it says is that instead of a $1.3 billion reduction in taxes, there will be a $1.1 billion reduction in taxes, and it in no way addresses the $726 billion amount that was included in the House budget resolution. That is not discussed, nor is it altered by this motion to instruct. There may be an attempt through language on the floor to convey that that is the intent; but as the gentleman requested, if we read the black letter language in front of us, the $726 billion budget cut for taxes is retained. It is a removal of the 1 percent cut across the board, and it is to create a Social Security lockbox. That is what they are attempting to do.
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