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James Traficant: “The President is not reputed for his accounting. I remember a Bush budget that was offered word for word that only got…”

On the recordMarch 25, 1999
The President is not reputed for his accounting. I remember a Bush budget that was offered word for word that only got 30 votes. I am going to vote ``no'' against everything. I will tell my colleagues why. We have an approaching $200 billion trade deficit, and there is still no address to the critical negative balance of payments. Number two, neither party secures Social Security. My colleagues can waive rules. They can take lock boxes and throw them out windows. I submit a little bill that says we should amend the Constitution that says it is illegal to touch Social Security. We did it for limiting President's terms. We did it to allow popular vote for Senators. We in fact prohibited alcohol in this country. What is more important than Social Security? So I will listen to the debate. But, quite frankly, the Republicans should have offered word for word President Clinton's budget, and it would have been soundly defeated.
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James Traficant
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Discussing budget issues and Social Security during a House floor speech.

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