Mark Neumann: “Would the gentleman not say that is also true of the Social Security issue? The issue where the Federal Government is…”

“Would the gentleman not say that is also true of the Social Security issue? The issue where the Federal Government is collecting out of paychecks about $65 billion more than it is paying back out to seniors and that that money is supposed to be set aside in the savings account but Washington is instead spending that money? Is that not a day-to-day struggle also to prevent Washington from spending that money? When Washington talks about getting to this balanced budget in 2002, we cannot accept getting to the balanced budget by going into the Social Security trust fund and taking that money out, taking $104 billion out of the trust fund, putting it in the checkbook. That is not good enough. That is not really a balanced budget. Is that not what this fight is about day to day out here to stop Washington from spending that Social Security money, get us to a balanced budget but do it the right way without using the Social Security trust fund money to get there? Are those not the battles that we are engaged in out here day after day after day in this city?”