Text of Senate Amendment 1529

On 2025-04-03, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 1529" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 1529

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S2224] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1529. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING SENIORS CAN ACCESS SOCIAL SECURITY OVER THE PHONE. The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to preserving Social Security benefits, which may include prohibiting DOGE from limiting access to the Social Security phone service, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2025 through 2034. ______