Thomas Foley: “as we conclude today, I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Armey) for providing this time so Members can discuss at…”

“as we conclude today, I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Armey) for providing this time so Members can discuss at great length this important, valuable and vital program for American seniors. I talked about my grandmother when I opened, and I would like to talk about my parents, Ed and Fran Foley of Lake Worth, Florida. My father is 81, and I will just leave it at the fact that my mother is younger than my dad, and I will not mention her age. I want to go home and eat over the weekend, and if I mention her age on the House floor, she may be a bit upset. I suggest that they are both recipients of Social Security. We want to underscore to every senior like my parents, and much like my grandparent, we are not changing the benefits of Social Security recipients. We are not reducing them. We are not replacing them. We are not privatizing them. We are ensuring them. We are ensuring that seniors across America can count on that check, whether it is direct- deposited or comes to a mailbox near their home. We are ensuring that every senior who has worked hard building this economy, the greatest generation that served us in World War II, are given the confidence by this Republican leadership that we stand behind the pledge and promise that Social Security would be there in their golden years. That is a gold-plated guarantee by this body. We are not investing their funds in the stock market. To the contrary, we are ensuring their success and survival.…”