James Traficant: “Dan Rostenkowski would not do it. He is a Democrat. I am embarrassed by it. I want to commend the gentleman from Texas…”

“Dan Rostenkowski would not do it. He is a Democrat. I am embarrassed by it. I want to commend the gentleman from Texas (Chairman Archer) and the gentleman from Florida (Chairman Shaw). I want to commend the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel) and the gentleman from California (Mr. Matsui). But, Mr. Speaker, this is not enough. Everybody is reaching into that Social Security trust fund and they are raiding it. I have a bill and it calls for a constitutional amendment, and it says you cannot touch the Social Security trust fund. It can only be used for Social Security and Medicare. If we pass that, we would have enough money to provide health insurance for every American. But I want to pay tribute to the Republican Party today. Rostenkowski did not do it, Rostenkowski would not do it, and the gentleman from Texas (Chairman Archer) and the gentleman from Florida (Chairman Shaw) did it. But the gentleman from California (Mr. Matsui) and the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel) deserve a lot of credit for making it happen as well.”