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This website was created and maintained by Robert & Boris Korczak for Former Representative & friend Jim Traficant and will be handed over to him upon his release from prison.

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Special Thanks To: Ex CIA Agent Boris Korczak for most of the archive material as well as Christopher Sciumbata.

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TRAFICANT, James A., Jr., 

Friday, September 11, 1998

TRAFICANT: HOUSE MUST HOLD TO HIGH STANDARDS SET BY FOUNDING FATHERS

 

Washington, D.C. – U. S. Rep. James A. Traficant, Jr. (D–OH) made the following statement this morning on the House floor during debate over a resolution outlining how the House will handle the report of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr:

 "Mr. Speaker, 168 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote ‘America is great because America is good; and when America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.'  How true that is.

 Today's debate is not just about Bill Clinton.  It's not just about the presidency.  Today's debate is about America's greatness.  The founding fathers fully recognized that by setting a much loftier and higher standard for the chief executive.  They didn't write ‘high crimes and other felonies,' they wrote ‘high crimes and misdemeanors.'

 Misdemeanors; a matter of truth and trust.  The American people must be able to trust the President.  From Wall Street to Social Security, from Main Street to Moscow, from the United Nations to China, the President must be trustworthy.

 America is great because America is good.  And we must hold to those high standards.  I support the resolution."