Sherrod Brown said "this year we have a great opportunity, a once-in-a-generation chance to really save Social Security. We can take our budget surplus and begin to pay back the IOUs into our Social Security system. Unfortunately, though, Republicans are putting politics first and Social Security second. They want to raid the surplus to fund their political agenda. They put fiscal irresponsibility first and Social Security second. No piggy bank money should be used, Mr. Speaker, for election year giveaways. Instead let us bank all of the surplus to shore up Social Security today." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 24, 1998

this year we have a great opportunity, a once-in-a-generation chance to really save Social Security. We can take our budget surplus and begin to pay back the IOUs into our Social Security system. Unfortunately, though, Republicans are putting politics first and Social Security second. They want to raid the surplus to fund their political agenda. They put fiscal irresponsibility first and Social Security second. No piggy bank money should be used, Mr. Speaker, for election year giveaways. Instead let us bank all of the surplus to shore up Social Security today.

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Sherrod Brown

Democratic · Ohio

Source

govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the importance of protecting Social Security during a budget surplus.

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