BUT WE WANT TODAY EXCLUSION SURPLUSES FROM SOCIAL SECURITY OO
           THAT'S RIGHT. WEAPON WANT TODAY PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND
           THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO THAT WAY WHICH MEADS MEN TO SOCIAL
           SECURITY.
           

           MR. REID: WOULD THE SENATOR YIELD FOR A UNANIMOUS CONSENT
           REQUEST?
           MR. PRESIDENT?
           I ASK THAT A FELLOW FROM THE OFFICE OF SENATOR JOHNSTON, BRIAN
           KATG BE GIVEN FLOOR PRIVILEGES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. I ASK THE
           SENATOR FROM CALIFORNIA BE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES AND IT
           IS MY UNDERSTANDING WEAPON WOULD HAVE TEN MINUTES REMAINING
           AFTER THAT. IS THAT RIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT?
           
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: FIRST OF ALL WITHOUT OBJECTION TO YOUR
           ORDER. YOUR ORDER IS AGREED TO. AND THE SENATOR IS CORRECT.
           
           THE 4:PO IS THE TIME WE WOULD GO TO THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT.
           

           MR. REID: BEFORE THE SENATOR YIELDS, I WOULD SAY BEFORE THE
           SENATOR FROM NEW JERSEY TAKES THE FLOOR, YOU KNOW HE IS A
           PERSON WHO CAME TO THE SENATE WITH WEGT. HE CREE AMENDMENT IT
           HAD HIMSELF. HE KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS FOB A ENTREPRENEUR. YET HE
           HAS BEEN SOMEBODY HIS ENTIRE 18 YEARS IN THIS SENATE HE HAS
           FOUGHT FOR THE WORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS COUNTRY. HE
           RECOGNIZES ITSELF BITS COMMUNITY NEEDS DIRECTION AND WE HAVE
           TRIED TO DO THAT. BUT THERE HAS BEEN NOBODY IN THE SENATE. IT
           HAS BEEN MORE NOR WORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS COUNTRY THAN

           FLANK LAUTENBERG. HE SPEAKS ON AN COMK ISSUE. WE SHOULD ALL
           LISTEN.
           

           MRS. BOXER: I WOULD SAY SENATOR LAUTENBERG HAS BEEN MY REAL
           CHAIRMAN ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. SENATOR DOMENICI, THE
           OFFICIAL CHAIRMAN, BUT I ALWAYS CALL SENATOR LAWSUIT ENBERGP,
           MY CHAIRMAN, BECAUSE HE SPEAKS FOR ME. HIS INCREDIBLE
           EXPERIENCE ON THE GROUND OF GROWING A BUSINESS, THAT TURNED
           INTO A MEGABUSINESS, AND HIS COMPASSION AND CARING ABOUT HIGGS
           EMPLOYEES AND NOW PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR A LIVING AND MY FRIEND
           RAISED THE ISSUE OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND HOW TO TRY TO PROTECT

           SOCIAL SECURITY AND SET ASIDE THAT SURPLUS IN A LOCKBOX FINALLY
           IT HAS HAPPENED BUT I WANT TO SAY AGAIN IF WE FOLLOW THE
           GOVERNOR BUSH IDEA ON SOCIAL SECURITY, HE HAS PROMISED A
           TRILLION DOLLARS TO THE SENIORS AND HE HAS PROMISED THE SAME
           TRILLION DOLLARS TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE TELLING THEM THEM CAN HAVE
           THEIR PRIVATE STOCK MARKET ACCOUNTS. NOW THE OTHER THING I
           DIDN'T MENTION TODAY IS I USED TO BE A STOCKBROKER WHEN I
           GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE WITH MY DEGREE IN ECONOMICS. IT WAS A
           LONG TIME AGO. BUT I HAVE SEEP THE MARKET GO UP AND I HAVE SEEN

           SMILES ON THE FACES OF THE PEOPLE WHO ENTRUSTED ME WITH THEIR
           INVESTS, AND I HAVE SEEN THE MARKET GO DOWN. WHAT WE NEED TO
           KEEP IN MIND HERE IS WE TALK ABOUT PRIVATIZATION OF SOCIAL
           SECURITY, IS THIS, IF YOU HAPPEN TO RETIRE ON A DAY WHERE YOUR
           STOCK MARKET FUNDS ARE TURNED INTO AN ANNUITY AND PRIC ARE
           HIGH, YOU ARE DOING GREAT. BUT WITH A VOLUME TILE STOCK MARKET,
           THAT CAN GO DOWN 400 POINT OF ORDER IN ONE DAY. AND IF THAT
           HAPPENS TO BE YOUR DAY OR WITHIN THE DAYS OF THE MONTH YOU ARE

           GOING TO TURN THAT STOCK MARKET FUNDING INTO A ANNUITY, YOU ARE
           GOING TO FIND YOURSELF IN DEEP TROUBLE AND THAT'S ANOTHER
           REASON AL GORE MAKES SO MUCH SENSE BECAUSE WHAT HE SAYS IS SAVE
           SOCIAL SECURITY, KEEP IT THE FOUNDATION OF THE HOUSE, AND IF
           YOU WANT TO DO A VOLUNTEER STOCK MARKET INVESTMENT ON TOP OF
           OUR SOCIAL SECURITY FOUNDATION, THAT'S FINE. NOW, MINE FRIEND,
           THAT MAKES SENSE. IT IS CONSERVATIVE ACTIVE. IT ISN'T A
           RIVERBOAT GAMBLE. AND IT IS ANOTHER GREAT ISSUE AT STAKE. UP

           KNOW GREAT ISSUES ARE AT STAKE IN THIS ELECTION. IT IS AN
           EXCITING ELECTION. IT IS NOT AN ELECTION BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE WHO
           AGREE ON EVERYTHING. THEY DON'T AGREE. WE HAVE THE REPUBLICAN
           CANDIDATE WHO WANTS TO GO BACK
           
           TO THE 80S: THE TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS OF THE PAST. SMALL
           INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION. AND I AM GOING TO JUST END MY REMARKS
           WITH EDUCATION. BECAUSE THE SENATOR FROM UTAH SAID OH, THERE IS
           A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS. HE SAID
           DEMOCRATS WANT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TELL THE LOCAL SCHOOL

           DISTRICTS WHAT TO DO. THAT IS INCORRECT. EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM
           THAT WE SUPPORT HERE DEALING WITH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION, DEALING
           WITH SMALLER CLASS SIZES, DEAL WITH AFTER SCHOOL, DEALING WITH
           HIGH-TECH IN THE SCHOOLS, ALL OF THOSE ARE OPTIONS FOR THE
           SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IF THEY SO CHOOSE. THERE
           IS NO PROGRAM ON THIS SIDE OF THE AISLE OR ANY IN AL GORE'S
           PORTFOLIO THAT SAYS THAT ANY LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TO TAKE

           THESE FUNDS. AND I THINK THAT IS KEEP. AND IT GOES BACK TO
           DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER WHOM I ALWAYS QUOTE BECAUSE HE SAID YOU
           CAN'T REALLY BE A STRONG COUNTRY, YOU CAN'T REALLY BE SECURE
           UNLESS YOU HAVE AN EDUCATED WORKFORCE. NOW THIS WAS A
           REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT. I LIKE IKE. MINE FAMILY LIKED IKE. ONE OF
           THE REASONS THEN LIKED IKE IS BECAUSE HE SAID EDUCATING OUR
           CHILDREN WAS A NATIONAL PRIORITY AND NO, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
           SHOULDN'T JUST SAY HERE, STATES, TAKE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY AND

           DO WHAT YOU WANT. HE STARTED THE NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION
           ACT. THAT WASN'T A BLACK CHECKS IN THE STATES. IT WAS CLEARLY
           FOR A PURPOSE AND THE PURPOSE WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
           TEACHERS KNEW MATH AND KNEW SCIENCE AND COULD TEACH MAPGT AND
           SCIENCE. DO I HAVE ANY TIME LEFT, MR. PRESIDENT?
           
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR HAS CONSUMED THE FIVE
           MINUTES.
           

           MRS. BOXER: I ASK FOR ONE LAST MINUTE BEFORE I RETURN IT TO
           MINE FRIEND.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR HAS AN DID I EGGS AL MINUTE.
           

           MRS. BOXER: UP NOPE IF YOU PHENOMENON THIS SYSTEM, UP CAN LOOK
           AT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SAME CAN WE HELP UP?
           WE THE DISPRAIT STEWARD SHIPS. THAT WAS TOMENT STEWART STHID OF
           THE TEAM WE THE GREAT STEWART SHIP OF THE ECONOMY, WE CAN
           INVEST MONEY. UP NOPE WHAT THEY TO YOU L TOLD US?
           WE NEED HELP IN HIRGPE TEACHERS. WE NEED SKULL CONSTRUCTION, WE
           NEED AFTER SCHOOL FUN SO OUR KIDS CAN LEARN AFTER SCHOOL. WE
           RESPONDED, THE DEMOCRATS DID. AND THE BIG TIGHT AT THE END OF
           THIS YEAR IS OVER A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES. WE STAND WITH THE

           CHILDREN AND WEAPON STAND WITH THE FAMILIES AND WE STAND WITH
           THE SENIORS AGAINST THE H.M.O.'S. STHAL SHALL A BIG ISSUE IN
           THE LAST FEW DAYS. ARE ARE WOE GOING TO LET THEM KEEP DROPPING
           SENIORS OUT OF MEDICARE. WE ON THIS SIDE OF THE AISLE AND VICE
           PRESIDENT GORE, WE ARE READY TO STAND UP TO THE H. WR O. WE ARE
           READY TO STAND UP TO TOBACCO COMPANIES. WEAPON ARE READY TO
           STAND UP FOR OUR CHILDREN AND IN THE WANING DAYS IRTHINK THESE
           ISSUES WILL PAPER THEMSELVES OUT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.

           PRESIDENT. I NOPE SENATOR LAULTED ENBERG WILL TAKE THE PLAR.
           FRANK FRANK MR. PRESIDENT?
           
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM NEW JERSEY IS
           RECOGNIZED. FRANK FRANK CAN I TELL ME HOW MUCH TIME IS LEFT?
           
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR HAS NINE MINUTES. LAWSUIT
           LAW THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANT TO FIRST SAY TO
           "OWE.
           

           MR. LAUTENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANT TO FIR SAY TO
           SENATOR BOXER AND SENATOR REID, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
           BUT MORE THAN THAT, OUR ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER, TO TRY TO
           TAKE CARE OF OUR CITIZENS AS WE BELIEVE THEY WOULD WANT US TO
           DO, TO LOOK AT THE ISSUES FAIRLY AND SQUARELY AND NOT SPEND AS
           MUCH TIME DANCING AROUND THE TRUTH AND ISSUES AS OFTEN GOES ON

           HERE, SO I THANK YOU, SENATOR BOXER, AND I WOULD PASS MINE
           THANKS TO SENATOR REID GO I SEE HIM DRERKTLY. BUT I AM GOING TO
           MISS WORKING WITH BOTH OF YOU, AND COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIZE OF
           THE AISLE. I MUST SAY AND I AM PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL TO THE
           OCCUPANT OF THE CHAIR, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENT AN
           PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WHOM THOUGH WE HAD SOME DISAGREEMENTS IN
           TERMS OF PARTICULAR POLICY, WEAPON ALWAYS TRY TO WORK THEM OUT.
           I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT BALANCED VIEW. EVEN THOUGH WEAPON

           DIDN'T WIN AS MANY AS I WANT HIM TO. MR. PRESIDENT, LAST MONTH
           AND AGAIN LAST WEEK, THE REPUBLICAN STAFF OF THE SENATE BUDGET
           COMMITTEE RELEASED TWO REPORTS CRITICIZING WRONGLY WHAT THEY
           DESCRIBED AS THE ECONOMIC PLAN PROPOSED BY VICE PRESIDENT GORE
           AND OUR DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUE, SENATOR LIEBERMAN. I WANT TO
           MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAR. THE SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE STAFF, THEY

           ARE REPUBLICAN APPOINTEES. I THINK THAT THESE REPORTS THAT THEY
           RELEASED IN INAPPROPRIATE, AND I THINK THEY WERE A MISUSE, MR.
           PRESIDENT, OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. AND I POINT TO THE BAY SINCE
           FOR WHAT I CALL THE MISUSE. UNDER THE SENATE ETHICS MANUAL
           ISSUE JANUARY 19, 1999, IT SAYS THAT "CAMPAIGN USE OF OFFICIAL
           RESOURCES. OFFICIAL RESOURCES MAY BE -- MAY ONLY BE USED FOR

           OFFICIAL
           
           PURPOSES: AND I QUOTE FURTHER. OICH IT IS THUS INAPPROPRIATE TO
           USE ANY OFFICIAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCTS CAMPAIGN OR POLITICAL
           ACTIVITIES. THAT'S CORRECT AS ONE CAN IMAGINE. IT SAYS WE
           SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT. THAT IT IS INAPPROPRIATE. INAPPROPRIATE
           IS WRONG. OUTRAGEOUS AS A MATTER OF FACT THAT THE STAFF THE
           REPUBLICAN -- THE MAJORITY STAFF IN THE SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE

           AND I AM RANKING OSH THAT COMMITTEE, IS BEING USED EFFECTIVELY
           TO ANALYZE VICE PRESIDENT GORE ACHGS CAMPAIGN AND EXPENDITURES.
           THE EXPENDITURES HE HAS -- HE IS PROPOSING. WELL, I THINK FIRST
           OF ALL THEN WERE INACCURATE AND THEN CERTAINLY WERE UNFAIR. I
           SAY THIS KNOWING FULL WELL MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, CHAIRMAN OF
           THE BUDGET COMMITTEE IS A VERY BRIGHT IF HE LOACH. HE

           UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AS FEW IN THIS PLACE, IN ANY OTHERS R.
           OTHERS, UNDER IF. THE BUT THE FACT. THE MATTER IS IT IS A
           VIOLATION ACCORDING TO THE SENATE ETHICS COMMITTEE. MAKES IT
           CLEAR THAT IT IS INAPPROPRIATE TO USE ANY OFFICIAL PRESOURCES
           THAT WAY. AND IT CAN BE DIFFICULT SOMETIMES TO DRAW A CLEAR
           LINE BETWEEN OCHGS SENATE BUSINESS AND CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES. AND
           REASONABLE PEOPLE CAN DENY GREED MANY MANY OF THE IDEAS

           PRODUCED REAP CONTINUELY IN THE CONGRESS. HAVING SAID THAT,
           REPORTS ISSUED BY THE BUDGET COMMIT STAFF IN MY VIEW GO WAY
           OVER THE LUNE. THE REPORTS ARE FOCUSED ENTIRELY ON AL GORE
           APARTMENTS CAMPAIGN PROPOSALS OR AT LEAST THE ERRONEOUS
           INTERPRETATIONS OF THOSE PREVIOUSLYS. AND INTO PURPOSE IS NOT
           TO PROVIDE AN AN ACTIVE ANALYSIS BUT TO ATTACK THE VICE

           PRESIDENT. STAFF REPORTS AREN'T JUST BIAS, THEY ARE PROPAGANDA.
           I WOULD NOTE THE LATEST REPORT AS ISSUED JUST HOURS BEFORE THE
           COINCIDENCE. NOT SURPRISINGLY, THEN ISSUED NO CRITIQUE OF
           GOVERNOR BUSH'S PLAN. MR. PRESIDENT, I REALIZE ITSELF BUDGET
           COMMITTEE ISN'T LIKE THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION WHICH
           SHOULD ON RAIMENT IN. MENT STAFF MAKES NO PREPARE TENSE TO

           BEING NONPARTISAN AND SERVES ONLY AN BEHALF OF REPUBLICAN
           SENATORS. I'M JOINED BY MY CHEAP OF STAFF ON THE MINORITY SIDE
           AND BRUISE KINGS, HERE, WORKS WITH THE COMUGT QUEELT.
           DILIGENTLY AND EXPERTLY. I WITH I. ASK SDI PRONSS HE IMMEDIATE
           TO HAVE AT HOME ON HIS COMPOT PUPILER AND THAT THE WHERE I GOT
           SOME OF THE DATA I AM USING HERE TO ANALYZE THE REPUBLICAN

           STAFF REPORT. SO, NO ONE WOULD EXPECTS THOSE STAFF MEMBERS TO
           DO ANYTHING ABOUT ISSUE A REPORT SAYING FURTHER THAT PART SON
           AGENDA. NOW, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT DOESN'T JUSTIFY THE I SHALL
           WITNESS WANSZ OF REPORTS INTENDED FOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES AND
           THAT THEY ARE SO BLATANTLY MISLEADING AND FACT WITH A LIE
           INACCURATE. MR. PRESIDENT, I GET SOME CONFIRMATION JUST FROM

           THE STATES MADE ON WEDNESDAY, YESTERDAY, THERE WAS A OCTOBER
           25,MENT "WASHINGTON POST" HAD AN EDITORIAL AND IT SAYS GURGE W.
           BUSH IS DEFECTING SENATE AND AL GORE IS A BIG SPENDER. WHEN YOU
           TOPE TALL IT ALL UP, IT IS ITSELF LARGEST INCREASE IN FEDERAL
           SPENDING IN CAREERS AND THIS IS JUST NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH
           MONEY, MR. BUSH SAID IN THERE STHIRD DEBATE LAST WEEK. WHEN HE
           PROFESTS AS AUTHOR TAPE ACTIVE SOUNDING SOURCES THE SENATE

           BUDGET COMMITTEE, QUOTE QUOTE COMMITTEE NOR RESPONSIBLE FEDERAL
           BUDGET. JUST ADD UP THE NUMBERS AND THAT WOULD BE FINE EXCEPT
           THE NUMBERS COULD HE REROOFERS A HUGELY DISTORTING. I ASK
           UNANIMOUS CONSENT THE FULL EDITORIAL BE PRINTED IN THE RECORD.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
           
           MR. LAUTENBERG:, MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME
           REVIEWING MANY OF THE FLAWS OF THE REPUBLICAN STAFF REPORT. BUT
           I WANT TO LOOK AT THINGS THAT WERE SAID.
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