Mr. Speaker, the Drug Czar opposes it, the White House opposes it, Immigration opposes it, the Pentagon
opposes it. They all oppose the Traficant program that authorizes but not mandates the use of troops to straighten out our border.  But they also have some interesting company. The Colombian drug cartel is now reported opposing it. The Mexican drug lords oppose it and fear it. The Golden Triangle heroin bosses for the first time are worried about getting heroin into America.

The unusual thing about this program is, the only support I have is a number of Members of Congress and the American people, in growing numbers.

Mr. Speaker, the White House will not get it until there is a six-foot syringe full of heroin shoved up the asset of some bureaucrat at the White House.

Beam me up. What about our children? What about addiction? How many years do we lament the use of narcotics, and we allow it to come across our border?

Only one of every three trucks are searched. I say on the House floor today, a nuclear warhead could cross our border and we would not know it.

I yield back any common sense left in the government of our country.

Back to Top ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR TEACHING MORALS AND VALUES
July 15, 1998

Mr. Speaker, once in America, parents imparted their values and morals to their children. Today, it is out
with parents, in with computers. Some even liken it to a Tower of Babble in each family room.

Check this out. Last month a woman gave birth on the Internet; and today two teenagers announced, through their attorney, no
less, that they will surrender their virginity live on the Internet. Unbelievable. What is next? A late-term abortion? How about an on-line sacrifice to Satan, folks?

Beam-me-up.com.

I say it is time for these computer companies to shove their software up their hard drives live on the Internet.

One last thing, on a serious note. I believe America is in sad shape when computers begin to replace parents in passing down
our morals and values.

I yield back any common sense left in the country.

Back to Top THE LAST THING AMERICA SHOULD DO IS GIVE MORE TAX DOLLARS TO RUSSIA AND CHINA
July 14, 1998

Mr. Speaker, since 1992, Russia has gotten $35 billion from the World Bank, the International Monetary
Fund and foreign aid from the United States of America. And reports say, check this, not one penny of all those billions can be
accounted for.

Now, if that is not enough to tax your vodka, the International Monetary Fund today is giving Russia another $22 billion, to
which the White House said, `Russia needs the money, and this time they promise to behave.' Promises, my ascot, Mr.
Speaker. Russia promised before, and they sold missiles to our enemies. China gets all our cash, and they have nuclear
warheads pointed at America.

Promises, promises, promises. My colleagues, the last thing America needs is to give more money to China and Russia, who
are building armies with our tax dollars. But what do I know, I am still trying to figure out the Tax Code.

Back to Top CHINA GOBBLING UP AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETS
June 24, 1998

Mr. Speaker, on the very day that President Clinton leaves for China, China thumbs their nose at
America once again. Check this out.

Top U.S. officials say, and I quote: China stole a top secret device off an American satellite. The theft was so serious, our
National Security Agency was forced to change all of our communication codes.

After all of this, the White House still wants a permanent Most Favored Nation trade status for China.

Free trade my ascot, Mr. Speaker.

This is a free ride and a free for all for China, who is gobbling up our national security secrets faster than the President can
down a Big Mac and a box of fries. Think about that.

Mr. Speaker, I want to yield back what secret codes, secrets, and national security we have left.

Back to Top THE GREAT SATAN IS TURNING INTO THE GREAT SUCKER
June 23, 1998

Mr. Speaker, Russia wants another $10 billion, and President Clinton says, `Okay with me,' even though
the last $10 billion was stolen.

That is right. Russian leaders said, and I quote, `It's missing.'

In the words of Marvin Gaye, my colleagues, `What's going on?' Russian leaders steal our money, and then with our money
they build nuclear reactors in India against our wishes. Then with our money they build missiles and then sell the missiles to Iran
who refers to Uncle Sam as `The Great Satan.'

Let me say this, Congress. If we give these people another $10 billion, Uncle Sam will not be called Great Satan any more. We
will be known as the Great Sucker all around the world. Ronald Reagan must be absolutely sick to his stomach today.

Back to Top GOING FROM `SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK' TO
`TAKE THE FIFTH AND CARRY A TOOTHPICK'
June 22, 1998

Mr. Speaker, China blocks access to our products, sells missiles to our enemies, and, if that is not enough
to tax your migraine, the President now wants to reward them with permanent most-favored-nation trade status.

I think it is time to tell it like it is. When it comes to China, we have gone from `speak softly and carry a big stick' to `take the
Fifth and carry a toothpick.'

Beam me up.

I yield back now all of the new trucks that General Motors will be building in China.

Unbelievable.

Back to Top BEAM ME UP--TEACHERS IN AMERICA CANNOT EVEN MENTION GOD?
June 19, 1998

Mr. Speaker, Mildred Rosario, a sixth grade teacher in the Bronx, was fired. Mildred was fired for
attempting to comfort her students over the drowning loss of a fellow classmate by simply saying he was in heaven.

Mildred was fired for saying, I quote, he was in heaven.

Unbelievable.

In America teachers can pass out condoms in school. Teachers can pass out needles. Teachers can even have forums and
discussions on devil worship. But in America teachers cannot even mention God.

Beam me up.

A Nation that can discuss devil worship in our schools but cannot even mention God is a Nation that has lost both its sense of
values and its sense of common sense.

Mr. Speaker, I yield back any problems we have in our schools.

Back to Top WE MUST DEAL WITH NORTH KOREAN MISSILE SALES
June 17, 1998

Mr. Speaker, more threats from Communists: North Korea said, `We will sell missiles to your enemies,
and if you want to stop us, Uncle Sam, you will have to pay us.'

Unbelievable.

Sources say that North Korea believes there is a softening of resolve in Washington. Evidently, North Korea believes that a
White House that will make no demands on China after China threatened Taiwan and Los Angeles is a White House that will
make no demands on communists, my colleagues.

Beam me up. North Korea would never say in-your-face threats to Ronald Reagan.

Congress better look at these foreign entanglements that endanger our national sovereignty.

I yield back any missiles pointed at America.

Back to Top INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND IS NOT A LOAN PROGRAM
June 16, 1998

Mr. Speaker, Japan is beating the White House like a drum. Check this out: Japan lets the yen hit rock
bottom, making Japanese products lower than a Dolly Parton wonder bra, forcing Japan's Asian rivals to dial 911 for Uncle
Sam, who has already given $120 billion from the International Monetary Fund to bail out Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia.
And, you guessed it, the White House says, they need it and the White House wants $18 billion more for IMF.

Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Let us tell it like it is. This International Monetary Fund does not look like a loan program to me. It
is starting to look like international welfare, and Japan is cashing the food stamps while they laugh all the way to the bank with
our dollars.

You think about that, and I yield back the 207 points of fright on Wall Street.

Back to Top BILL OF RIGHTS APPLIES TO TAXPAYERS, TOO
June 11, 1998

Mr. Speaker, the IRS and Treasury Department want to soften the language of the burden of proof
provision in the IRS reform bill. Let us tell it like it is. The administration wants the accused taxpayer to remain under the gun.

Beam me up, Mr. Speaker.

If `innocent until proven guilty' is good enough for the murderers of Jasper, Texas, good enough for Charlie Trie in China, good
enough for Bill Clinton, then innocent until proven guilty is good enough for mom and dad, good enough for grandma and
grandpa, good enough for he and she, you and me, good enough for my colleagues' constituent and for my constituent.

Mr. Speaker, they should keep their hands off that provision. It is the only real discipline in the reform bill. The Bill of Rights
should apply to taxpayers, too. With that, I yield back any common sense left and advise the administration to come clean.

Back to Top HOPE FOR DEMOCRACY IN CHINA COULD TURN TO DESPAIR IF THE PRESIDENT STANDS WITH
COMMUNISTS IN TIANANMEN SQUARE
June 10, 1998

Mr. Speaker, the President said if China wants a ceremony in Tiananmen Square, so be it; it is not my
place to make demands on Communist China.

Unbelievable. When the leader of the free world stands with Communists on the very same site where young Chinese students
gave their lives struggling for democracy, something is wrong, very wrong, and the hope and inspiration for democracy that
once existed in China may turn into disgust and despair.

Let us tell it like it is. If the President can stonewall Kenneth Starr, the President can stonewall the butchers of Tiananmen
Square.

And one last word:

The Berlin Wall would still be standing if Ronald Reagan made no demands on Communists.
 

Back to Top KEEP THE WORKERS AND GET RID OF THE TOP DOGS AND FAT CATS
June 9, 1998

Mr. Speaker, last year the top dog at Bank One made $9 million. The big barker at Edison Brothers made
$5 million. The kennel master at K-Mart made $6 million.

Mr. Speaker, if that is not enough to potty train a Rottweiler, the big Doberman at AT&T made $26 million, and do my
colleagues know what he did? He got rid of 23,000 workers at AT&T.

Unbelievable. Big dogs go to the penthouse, American workers go to the dog house.

I think these companies are all screwed up. I think they should keep the workers and get rid of the fat cats at the top.

And listen to this very carefully: I say they can hire CEO's a lot cheaper in Mexico, too. Think about that.

Back to Top SERBIAN PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC
June 3, 1998

Mr. Speaker, when Serbian President Milosevic promised to work with Albanian leaders in Kosovo, the
White House lifted sanctions on Serbia. Milosevic then proceeded to slaughter thousands of ethnic Albanians, many of them
helpless women and children.

Milosevic is a liar, Milosevic is a brutal killer, and ethnic cleansing has reared its ugly head once again. Milosevic must be
challenged. The United States should reimpose strict sanctions on Serbia, and it is time for Europe to stop coddling this bum. I
believe Milosevic must be made to understand that Albanian children are God's children, too.

Back to Top PARENTS, WITH GOD'S HELP, RAISE OUR CHILDREN
May 22, 1998

Mr. Speaker, another tragedy in our schools: more expert analysis.

One group said America should heed the advice of the First Lady when she said it takes a community to raise a child. I do not
mean to be disrespectful, but I disagree.

Communities do not raise a child; PTAs do not raise a child; schools do not raise a child; day care centers and summer camps
do not raise a child. My colleagues, the awesome responsibility of raising a child is still the parents. Parents raise our children.

Maybe if America got back to basics and placed more emphasis on parents instead of communities, our kids would be much
better off. If the community wants to help, they might allow God back into our schools. Parents, with the help of God, will be
much more effective raising our kids.

Back to Top WAR ON DRUGS REQUIRES MORE THAN `NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME WATCH' MENTALITY
May 21, 1998

Mr. Speaker, today the House will cast the key vote on the war on drugs. The House will vote to either
maintain the status quo and do nothing, or begin to fight.

Some of the misconceptions and untruths about the Traficant amendment: It will not mandate the use of troops; it will only allow
it if the administration requests it, and if so, they must be specially trained, and they can only be deployed with civilian officers,
and they cannot make arrests; local officials must be notified.

The substitute kills it. The substitute says, surveillance in intelligence only.

I say to my colleagues, neighborhood crime watches perform surveillance. We will never win the war on drugs with a
neighborhood crime watch.

Defeat the substitute. Give the Traficant amendment an opportunity for an up/down vote.

Back to Top SUPPORT H.R. 692 TO APPOINT INDEPENDENT COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE
GOVERNMENT WRONGDOING
May 20, 1998

Mr. Speaker, Federal agents killed his dog, they killed his 14-year-old son, and they killed his wife.
Federal agents said they did not like his politics.

Randy Weaver is a white separatist. My colleagues do not like his politics, I do not like Weaver's politics either, but that is no
reason for the government to gun down his family.

Let me tell my colleagues something. This does not sound like the FBI of Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. This sounds like the KGB of
Joseph Stalin.

To make matters worse, a Federal judge dropped all charges against the FBI agent who shot Vicky Weaver right between the
eyes while clutching her infant son. Shame, my colleagues. Congress, the Justice Department investigates themselves and then
they cover their assets every time.

We are a bunch of fools. It is time to put our government in order. Support H.R. 692 and put an independent counsel on these
types of cases. Shame, Congress. No American family should be gunned down.

Back to Top CONGRESS MUST INVESTIGATE CHINESE POLITICAL DONATIONS
May 19, 1998

Madam Speaker, California businessman Johnny Chung gave $300,000 to the Democrat National
Committee. Chung said he got the money from a member of the Chinese army.

Surprise. This is the same guy Chung who said, my donations are subway tokens for a train ride to the White House. Train ride,
folks. How about a free ride? Maybe a joy ride.

Let us tell it like it is. This is not about tokens, coffees, the Lincoln bedroom, Bill Clinton, Democrats or Republicans. This is
about national security, folks. And Americans did not give their lives in foreign wars to have the Chinese Communists buy our
freedom. Beam me up. Congress must investigate this Chinese connection.

I yield back what national security I have left.

Back to Top A QUESTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY
May 13, 1998

Mr. Speaker, the White House slapped sanctions on India because India was conducting nuclear tests.
Unbelievable. It is like Mike Tyson beating up Woody Allen for failing to fight.

India is not the problem, White House; China is the problem. And the White House policy with China is now not only stupid,
Congress, it is dangerous.

China, with our tax dollars, is destabilizing and threatening the entire world, and we are putting sanctions on India for protecting
themselves.

Beam me up. The truth of the matter is, this White House does not have the balsam to confront the real problem, which is
China, so they kick India around.

I say it is time, Congress, to develop a sound strategy and show some anatomy. We should rescind MFN for China. It is not
just about trade, Congress, it is about national security.

Back to Top CHINA RIPPING AMERICA OFF $60 BILLION A YEAR
May 12, 1998

Mr. Speaker, the trade representative said, and I quote: China is guilty, guilty of attaching fraudulent `Made in
America' labels to Chinese made products. She said she was surprised and, as a result, we are hitting China with a $94 million
maximum penalty.

Wow. What a surprise. Every worker in America knows that China has been ripping us off, ripping us off to the tune of now $60
billion a year. If that is not enough to stir your home fries, check this out. China is building the biggest army and the biggest nuclear
arsenal in the world with our tax dollars. Think about it.

Look, if the trade representative thinks that $94 million is a lot of money to China, then I believe she thinks that Viagra is a
waterfall in West Virginia, folks. They do not know what the hell is going on. Beam me up with this policy.

Mr. Speaker, I yield back what national security and common sense we have left.

Back to Top PUT PRAYER BACK IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
April 29, 1998 Mr. Speaker, after the Arkansas tragedy where four students and a teacher were killed by two youngsters,
the shooting death of Pennsylvania teacher John Gillette has shocked America. Experts are confused and, they say, searching
for answers. The irony is these same experts, with all their degrees, have one thing in common: most of them oppose school
prayer. In fact, time and time again, they have employed constitutional mumbo jumbo to kill school prayer.

They just do not get it. A school without God is a school without education. A school without God is a school without discipline.
A school without God is a school without values, ladies and gentlemen. Maybe experts will finally get the message that a school
without God is a playground for the demon. The Congress should allow school prayer.

I yield back any common sense left in Washington.

Back to Top REFORM THE IRS
April 28, 1998

Mr. Speaker, the IRS is trying to kill reform. They are bringing out the big guns, Congress. The Treasury
Department says, and I quote, whistle blowers are lying. The IRS is really doing a good job.

Unbelievable. Tell that to the families of Alex Consul and Bruce Baron, both of whom committed suicide. Tell me, how many
more Americans must commit suicide? How many more American families must be destroyed? Who is kidding whom? The
tail is wagging the dog in America, and Uncle Sam is now barking the praises of the IRS. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker.

No American should fear our government. The most important thing the Congress of the United States can do this year is
reform the IRS. With that, I yield back any guts left in this great, august deliberative body.

Back to Top COMMON SENSE LACKING IN POLITICIANS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
April 23, 1998

Mr. Speaker, in America, Communists can work in our defense plants, illegal immigrants who jump the
fence can get citizenship, there are law libraries for mass murderers; some want free condoms for school children, and some
now want free needles for drug addicts. Think about it. Free condoms, free needles, but in America, no school prayer. Is it any
wonder the streets of America are full of narcotics and blood?

The founders believed that a Nation without prayer would be a Nation without God. I agree. The Congress should pass school
prayer.

I yield back the balance of any common sense left in any of the politicians in Washington, D.C.

Back to Top BEST FOREIGN POLICY IN CHINA'S HISTORY
April 22, 1998

Mr. Speaker, with $60 billion, China buys California naval bases, missiles, attack aircraft, nuclear
submarines. If that is not enough to tax your limitation, China then sells missiles to Iran and Pakistan to get more money, and
then they use that money to control the Panama Canal.

Now, if that is not enough, folks, check this out: An American company recently gave missile secrets to China that the Pentagon
admits these secrets can help China hit every American city right between the eyes with one of their nuclear missiles. Beam me
up.

When is the White House going to realize that America has crafted the best foreign policy in China's history?

I yield back the balance of any common sense left in our Capitol.

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EXPANDING NAFTA TO CENTRAL AMERICA
April 21, 1998

Mr. Speaker, somebody is inhaling. Since NAFTA, American TVs and typewriters are made in Mexico;
American telephones are made in Singapore; computers are made in China and Japan. And after all this, the White House
wants to expand this NAFTA madness to all of Central America.

Now, here is how I predict it will work. Central America will get jobs and investment. Uncle Sam will get a pink slip, training
voucher, and two free lunches to Taco Bell. Beam me up. This is not free trade. This is a joke, a dirty joke on American
workers.

I yield back another record trade deficit and 1.4 million American workers who filed individual bankruptcy in America last
year, another record I might add. Think about it.

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NEEDS OF NATIONAL SECURITY BRAIN TRUST
April 1, 1998

Mr. Speaker, the Pentagon says China and Russia are engaged in a nuclear arms race. They say both
China and Russia can hit every city in America with a ballistic missile.

Now, if that is not enough to cause you to fall on your sword, the Pentagon further says Russia and China are doing this with
American dollars.

Unbelievable. Let us check this out. China gets $60 billion in MFN from Uncle Sam. Russia gets $15 billion in foreign aid from
Uncle Sam. In exchange, Uncle Sam gets nuclear missiles pointed at our cities, two tape decks and three cases of vodka.

Beam me up. I say our national security brain trust needs a proctologist on staff.

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FLORIDA FIXES THEIR ELECTRIC CHAIR
March 31, 1998

Mr. Speaker, Daniel Remeya said he killed people for the fun of it. In 1985 he killed a clerk for $50. Two
days later he killed a grocery clerk. Two days after that he killed a restaurant manager. That same day he killed two repair men,
my colleagues. Now, after all that his attorneys said Florida's electric chair does not work properly, constituting cruel and
unusual punishment, therefore Remeya should be spared.

Beam me up.

I want to commend Florida for, No. 1, fixing their electric chair; and, No. 2, for using the electric chair on this creep who killed
innocent victims for the fun of it.

Good night, sweet prince.

I say one last thing, Congress. An America that gives murderers three square meals, a roof and a law library is an America that
will continue to have mass murderers. I yield back all the carnage in our cities.

Back to Top THE CONSTITUTION NEVER INTENDED TO BAN SCHOOL PRAYER
March 30, 1998

Mr. Speaker, America is still in shock. Two boys, age 11 and 13, gunned down four young students in a
middle school in Arkansas, and the experts are asking what happened to parents? What happened to values? What happened
to our schools?

Schools are overrun with drugs, violence, guns, rape, murder, and now even mass murder. It seems America's schools have
everything, Congress, everything except prayer. Maybe the so-called experts might finally realize that a nation that denies God
in our schools is a nation that encourages the devil in our schools. The Constitution never, never intended to ban school prayer
and never intended to separate God and the American people. Think about it.

Back to Top ECONOMISTS' CLAIMS OF JOB AVAILABILITY BOGGLES THE MIND
March 27, 1998

Madam Speaker, economists say there are jobs everywhere. Check this out: messenger singer, press
clipping cut-and-paster, sandwich signboard carrier, drive-in theater specialist, dust collector, pretzel twister, pantyhose crotch
specialist.

Madam Speaker, I suggest there be a new job title called `sleeper specialist,' because it is evident even when these economists
are working, they are sleeping on the job.

Madam Speaker, I would like to just yield back all the boxer shorts sorters and the brassiere cup molders.

Beam me up.

Madam Speaker, if these are jobs, I am a fashion leader.

Back to Top SECURING BORDERS FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE
March 26, 1998

Mr. Speaker, a classified U.S. Government report says that Mexico's military is allowing massive
shipments of narcotics into America. Wow, what a surprise. Barney Fife even knows that, folks. Let us tell it like it is.

Mexico is the biggest drug pusher in the world, and Uncle Sam is the world's biggest junkie. Shame, Congress. It is time to
stop this narcotic madness. Number one, Congress should absolutely repeal NAFTA; and number two, if Congress can ensure
the securing of borders in Bosnia, Western Europe, the Mideast, and Korea, then, by God, Congress should be able to secure
the borders for the American people.

Think about that. This narcotics business is not hard to figure out.

I yield back all the balance of overdoses in our cities throughout the country.

Back to Top CONGRESS BETTER START DOING SOMETHING ABOUT JOBS
March 25, 1998

Mr. Speaker, every day the American people are told how great the economy is. I do not buy it. Let us
check the scoreboard. In 1995 900,000 Americans filed for bankruptcy. In 1996 1,100,000 filed for bankruptcy. And last
year 1,400,000-plus filed for bankruptcy. Total bustout `morgueville,' belly up. A 20 percent increase in one year.

What is worse, our kids are moving to Mexico to find work. They cannot find it around here. Take Boeing, for example,
please. They laid off 18,000 workers since December. What is next, Congress? Will we be told that El Nino is good for the
economy?

Beam me up.

Mr. Speaker, I think Congress better start doing something about jobs in America.

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BORIS YELTSIN NEEDS COUNSELING, NOT MONITORING
March 24, 1998

Mr. Speaker, in 1993, Boris Yeltsin fell off a stage in Germany. In 1994, Boris could not get off his plane
in Ireland. In 1996, Boris came up missing for 7 consecutive days, unexplained, before an election. In 1997, he forgot about a
meeting with Vice President Al Gore. Yesterday, he fired his entire cabinet. The White House says they are monitoring it.

Mr. Speaker, is Boris Yeltsin a victim of El Nino, too? Let us tell it like it is. This guy is not exactly the head of Kiwanis
International. Boris Yeltsin has his shaky little finger on the button of one of the world's most massive nuclear arsenals.

I say monitor this, Boris Yeltsin does not need monitors. Boris Yeltsin needs Alcoholics Anonymous. I say let us save our
foreign aid and let us send some counselors over to take care of this guy. I yield back 1 day at a time the balance my time.

Back to Top IRS SENSITIVITY TRAINING
March 19, 1998

Mr. Speaker, IRS reform has taken on a whole new spin. The Vice President now wants the IRS to
undergo sensitivity training, and the other body wants the taxpayers to pay for it.

Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Who is kidding whom? There can be no reform of the IRS without changing the burden of proof
and without requiring the IRS to get a warrant before they rip off our homes. Let us tell it like it is. The IRS does not need more
fine tuning. The IRS needs an overhaul, big-time, and taxpayers should not pay for it.

As far as the Vice President's sensitivity training program, it sounds just ducky. But quite frankly, Scarlet, I yield back all the
hugs and kisses at the IRS.

Back to Top TRUST BUT VERIFY
March 18, 1998

Mr. Speaker, 2 years ago the White House told China, If you promise to stop selling missiles to terrorist
nations, we will give you most favored nation trade status; and China said, Good, that's great. Okay.

Last year the White House said, Look, you are breaking your promise, China; you are selling missiles to Iran and Iraq. Come
on. They said, Okay, you are right. This time we will stop.

This year the White House has just announced that they are going to share our nuclear technology programs with China
because China has promised to stop this madness, and they said this time China really means it.

Beam me up. These are not promises; these are lies. I would like to say one thing. Somebody is inhaling over at the White
House with this program with China. We are financing the biggest national security threat in our history, Mr. Speaker. I think
Ronald Reagan's words `trust but verify' should be taken to heart in this Congress.

Back to Top CARNAGE OF NAFTA GOES ON AND ON
March 17, 1998

Mr. Speaker, the carnage of NAFTA goes on. Thompson Electric is laying off a thousand workers and
moving to Mexico. Bass Shoe Company is laying off 350 workers and moving to the Caribbean. Mitsubishi Electric is moving
to Mexico. Matsui Battery is moving to Mexico. Kobe Steel is moving to Mexico. Sanyo Plastics is moving to Mexico.
Divisions of Sony and Hitachi are moving to Mexico. Asahi Glass is moving to Mexico. And Fuji Electric is on their way to
Mexico. And not to be left behind in America, Samsung of Korea is moving to Mexico.

Free trade, my assets. The American worker is getting screwed, and Uncle Sam is passing out cigars. Beam me up. If this is
free trade, then I am a fashion leader.

Back to Top ALBANIANS IN KOSOVA ARE TARGET OF GENOCIDE
March 12, 1998

Mr. Speaker, systematic, brutal genocide has once again reared its ugly head. Ethnic Albanians in Kosova
are being slaughtered. And after all this, an official at the State Department referred to Albanian freedom fighters as terrorists.
Shame, Mr. Speaker.

I hope I am wrong. I hope I am wrong. But it appears that the State Department is justifying the brutal killing behavior of a
dictator called Milosevic and by doing so is legitimizing the slaughter of innocent men, women and children of Albanian descent.

Beware, Congress. This matter in Kosova can be the next Bosnia. I would also like to add that Albanian men, women and
children are God's children as well.

One last reminder. England referred to George Washington years and years ago as a terrorist.

Back to Top CONGRESS MUST STEP IN AND SOLVE IRS ABUSE
March 11, 1998

Imagine this, Mr. Speaker. The IRS kicks down your door without a warrant and takes everything. Then
the IRS, without a warrant, raids your partner's home. They arrest him at gunpoint in front of his small children and take
everything. Then the IRS goes to your business, they question your customers, they threaten your employees, they take
everything that is not nailed down.

Sound incredible? Not for the IRS. It was later ruled that the IRS was guilty, guilty, guilty. Guilty of assault, guilty of illegal
search and seizure and guilty of false imprisonment.

Beam me up, Congress. When the IRS starts acting like Nazis, that is right, listen to the word, Nazis, Congress must step in
and Congress must solve this dilemma for the American people.

I am asking you to cosponsor H.R. 3277, my bill that will stop illegal searches and illegal seizures.

Back to Top NO FEAR OF GOVERNMENT FOR AMERICANS
March 10, 1998

Mr. Speaker, the IRS says, do not change the law. Taxpayers should remain guilty in a civil tax case.
Unbelievable.

Let me remind Members of the recent testimony of an IRS employee before the other body about IRS reform. She demanded
that she be behind a screen to hide her identity and she said she must have a voice scrambler to disguise her voice. I want to
quote what she said, Mr. Speaker. `I am afraid. I am afraid of retaliation by the Internal Revenue Service' that she worked for.

Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. No American should fear their government, and let me say this to Congress. There can be no true
substantive reform of the Internal Revenue Service without shifting the burden of proof to the government in a civil tax case. We
know it, the IRS knows it, I know it, and by God, the American people know it, and the American people demand it.

Back to Top ON THE CUTTING EDGE IN DEALING WITH RAPISTS
March 4, 1998

Mr. Speaker, the Oklahoma Senate passed a bill to allow castration of convicted rapists. That is right.
Castration. Opponents say it is cruel. Victims say it is about time. I say hats off, and anything else off, to the Oklahoma Senate.
Maybe, just maybe, Mr. Speaker, rapists will not only think twice, they will start thinking 3 and 4 times before they brutalize
our constituents.

I also would like to say that no matter how you slice this, Mr. Speaker, Oklahoma is on the cutting edge when it comes to
dealing with rapists. For those who say, `How do you really feel, Jim?' I recommend that Oklahoma go a step further. Put it
into law, then hire Lorena Bobbitt to administer the program.

I yield back whatever might be left after Oklahoma is done with rapists.

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MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL RECRUITING STREET GANGS
March 3, 1998 Mr. Speaker, according to reports, Mexico's drug cartel is recruiting American kids in street gangs in the
city of San Diego. That is right. California has become the new breeding ground for Mexican drug traffickers. Unbelievable.

While the Pentagon last year spent $3 billion in Bosnia and Iraq, the Pentagon has announced they are going to suspend their
operations on our borders. Beam me up. Let us put the seed corn where the fertilizer can reach it, Mr. Speaker. If Congress
can spend billions of dollars to secure foreign borders for foreign citizens in foreign lands, then the Congress of the United
States can secure the border in America for the American people. I just have one thing to say to the Pentagon. Suspend this.
Are we inhaling or what?

Back to Top REFORM THE IRS
February 26, 1998

Mr. Speaker, unbelievable, the IRS admits it is wrong and vows to fix it. That is right, they said no more
taking of property by individual agents, only district directors of the IRS can seize your property.

How nice of those computer bullies. Think about it. Instead of getting shafted by a little guy at the IRS, you will now get shafted
by a big shot at the IRS. Beam me up.

I say it is time to tell the IRS to seize this, my bill, that requires judicial consent before those backstabbing, bric-a-bracken,
Constitution-bending thieves destroy any more lives in our country, and that bill should be added to the conference report of the reform bill for the IRS.

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LEGISLATION MUST ENSURE THAT HEINOUS CRIMES RECEIVE APPROPRIATE PUNISHMENT
February 25, 1998 Madam Speaker, 20 years ago Larry Singleton picked up Mary Vincent. Singleton raped her, and to
escape discovery, chopped off her hands and threw Mary into a ditch for her to bleed to death. Mary survived and helped
convict this bum.

Larry Singleton was out in 8 years, Congress. Yesterday Mary Vincent, in a courtroom with two metal hands, fingered
Singleton once again, because, you see, 20 years later, Larry Singleton picked up Roxanne Hayes. He raped her, and to make
sure he did not get caught, he executed her.

Beam me up. Enough is enough. Eight years. We have victims screaming out from graves all over America, and Congress is
coddling to criminals. It is time for Congress to look at the rights of the victims, not the murderers. It is time to legislate that
those life sentence people who murder again do not get another life sentence. They get put to death.

Back to Top WE NEED ALLIED SUPPORT IN IRAQ
February 24, 1998 Mr. Speaker, the American people are saying if military action is needed in Iraq, America should not do it
alone, and the American people are right. The days of sending American soldiers overseas with a rifle on their shoulder and a
credit card in their pocket just does not cut it anymore, Mr. Speaker, especially when many of our so-called allies sit on the
sidelines and shout Yankee go home to boot.

Kofi Annan is to be commended for his efforts. It sounds good. But in any event, I think the wise words of Ronald Reagan
apply here: Trust but verify; trust but verify.

But I will not, Mr. Speaker, support military action unless our allies are on the battlefield with us. We represent Uncle Sam; we
do not represent Uncle Sucker.

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February 12, 1998

Mr. Speaker, a CIA report says Mexico's powerful Interior Minister is dirty. He is tied to drug cartels and
he turned a blind eye to drug trafficking. A blind eye to 7 tons of narcotics crossing the border every single day, 14,000
pounds?

After all this, the White House is officially certifying Mexico as a cooperating partner in our war on drugs. Unbelievable. Some
war on drugs. The Interior Minister is dirty.

Their last drug czar was on the cartel's payroll, and 14,000 pounds a day are poisoning America. Beam me up. Evidently there
is not as much testosterone at the White House as there is rumored to be. I say, let us secure our borders with the military who
are falling out of chairs without armrests overseas.

Let us straighten out our country, Congress. And let us declare war on narcotics.

Back to Top USE AMERICAN TROOPS TO GUARD AMERICAN BORDER
February 11, 1998 Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, the Immigration and Naturalization Service in some of their offices have error rates as high as
99 percent in reviewing applications, according to a recent study. In addition, 13,000 immigrants bought citizenship with illegal
payoffs and bribes.

Now, if that is not enough to compromise your disgust, check this out: The INS says keep the military off the borders, Congress.

Unbelievable. These same bungling, incompetent nincompoops who have allowed heroin and cocaine to be easier to get than
aspirin, who have our borders overrun with illegal immigrants, now want the border all to themselves.

Beam me up. The American people want Congress to secure our borders. Let me say this, Congress: If American troops can
guard borders for the United Nations all over the world, American troops can guard the American border at home for the
American people.

I think we should investigate those bungling nincompoops at the INS.

I yield back the 1 percent positive rate they have.

Back to Top ACCESS TO THE WHITE HOUSE BY COMMUNIST CHINESE IS DANGEROUS
February 5, 1998 Madam Speaker, while everybody in Washington is talking about a fly on our face, an elephant may be
eating our assets.

Charlie Trie was indicted for illegal campaign contributions. The indictment reads: Charlie Trie helped to purchase access to
high-level government officials with illegal contributions from foreign sources. Foreign sources. Chinese communists.

Think about it. Charlie Trie was not soliciting money from the Rotary. Charlie Trie was soliciting money from communist China.

Beam me up.

And while everybody may be talking about access to the White House by sexy interns and how sensational that is, access to
the White House by communist China is dangerous.

Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of any nationality sovereignty we have left.

Back to Top INTERNET NEEDS A CHASTITY CHIP
February 4, 1998 Mr. Speaker, what a world. Frazzled Frances Wyndham believes she got pregnant during a sexy e-mail
exchange by a paramour 1,500 miles away. That is right: pregnant.

Frances said, and I quote, `His words were so sexy, I was totally seduced.' Talk about instant connection. This is immaculate
reception, Mr. Speaker.

And if that is not enough to crash our hard drive, think about the legal implications. What is next? Bill Gates paying child
support? Microsoft, my eye.

Mr. Speaker, it is time for Congress to act. The computers do not need a V-chip; Internet needs a chastity chip. I would say,
`Beam me up,' but that may be a new delivery system for e-mail.

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KARLA FAYE TUCKER DESERVES THE DEATH PENALTY
February 3, 1998 Mr. Speaker, Karla Faye Tucker, who is scheduled to be executed tonight, has asked for clemency. This
is the same Karla Faye Tucker who brutally murdered two helpless victims with a pick ax, no less. At that trial, Karla Faye
testified, and I quote, that she `enjoyed every single killing stroke' and that she knowingly did not pay any attention to the
screams and pleas of her dying victims.

But now, Karla Faye has found the Lord and she begs for mercy. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Who now speaks for the
innocent victims of Karla Faye Tucker? I say good night, sweet princess. Karla Faye Tucker has deserved the death penalty.
She earned it with every single enjoyable killing stroke on those helpless victims.

Think about it. An America that tolerates and coddles murderers will continue to have them.

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IRS REFORM
January 28, 1998

Mr. Speaker, the IRS has finally confessed. A spokesman admitted, and I quote: `IRS seizure practices
are unfair.' He further said that the IRS is now starting a new program. Check this out: Under this new program, the IRS district
director must approve all seizures. Unbelievable. The IRS district director is now the sole judge, jury and executioner of our
property. Beam me up. I now know why the IRS actually could look in the mirror and believe they are consumer friendly.

Mr. Speaker, they believe all taxpayers are nothing more than a bunch of masochists. Support my legislation that will require
judicial consent and approval before the IRS can grab our assets. I yield back the balance of any money we have left.

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