James Traficant: “There is no one I respect more in the House than the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Alan Mollohan). He is one of our…”

“There is no one I respect more in the House than the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Alan Mollohan). He is one of our great Members. I disagree with him on this. This debate is about the Constitution. If the Congress of the United States wants to conduct the Census by sampling, sampling, the Congress of the United States should be able to pass a two-thirds amendment vote to the Constitution of the United States. I chose to come to the floor for several reasons. Number one, I am hearing all these plaudits about scientists. If the Founders thought so much about scientists, we would be electing scientists, not citizen politicians. People should start being proud of being a politician. We do the work of the people in America. Let me remind this Congress about a recent study. Ninety-three percent of scientists in America do not believe in God. They said scientists do not believe in God because they are superintelligent, they are so smart. Beam me up, Mr. Chairman. Many of these scientists cannot find a toilet. The bottom line is this: Every community should be assisting to help conduct a reliable head count Census. Let me warn the Democrats, sampling is an axe that can cut both ways. Those in fact who support it one day may oppose it another. Those who may benefit one day may get ripped off the other day. I just want to close out by saying Congress should confine itself to some basic parameters, which include following the Constitution.”