We have spent an hour here tonight talking about some of the incredible things going on in this city from IMF funding to the strange way that we found support in this Congress for IMF funding today. We found that people that voted against it were people that we might have thought might vote for it, especially people that represent union districts supporting an agency that is encouraging devaluation of the dollar. Which means foreign goods come in cheaper and our American made goods cost more, which means we lose American jobs. We talked about the party going on at the White House where they are celebrating tax increases, where what we ought to be doing is celebrating the tax cuts from last year. And we talked about the needle exchange. I would like to kind of conclude this evening by not talking about something incredible, but rather talking about where we might go in the future with this great Nation that we live in; and I would like to kind of present a vision here for where we might go with America both from an economic front and from a social front. Let me start on the economic side because we have talked about it already a little bit tonight. On the economic side, I think the first thing we need to do is make sure that Social Security is safe and secure for every senior citizen in the United States of America. I believe our seniors have the right to get up in the morning and not worry about whether their Social Security check is going to be there.
Mark Neumann: “We have spent an hour here tonight talking about some of the incredible things going on in this city from IMF funding to…”
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Discussing economic issues and the future of Social Security during a floor speech.
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