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Transcript: GRAMS LOCKS AWAY SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND DOLLARS
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- April 22, 1999
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 22, 1999
GRAMS LOCKS AWAY SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND DOLLARS
``This legislation will be an essential first step to save and strengthen
Social Security" says Minnesota Senator
Washington, D.C. - US. Senator Rod Grams today delivered a speech
on the
Senate floor in support of a provision that would reserve any future
Social
Security surpluses to be used only for Social Security. Last month,
Grams
voted to approve the FY2000 budget, which reserves non- Social Security
trust fund surpluses for tax cuts and Social Security trust fund surpluses
solely for Social Security debts.
"This legislation is an enforceable mechanism to preserve ...