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Jerry Nadler: “Okay. My question is what would you do with--my understanding of the trust fund has always been that since 1935, when…”

On the recordSeptember 23, 1997
Okay. My question is what would you do with--my understanding of the trust fund has always been that since 1935, when Social Security was enacted, the law has always provided that all money that comes into Social Security that is not paid out must be put into government securities.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Questioning the management of the Social Security trust fund.

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