James Traficant: “I support the rule and support the bill. The bill makes sense. The American people are fed up. They are fed up with the…”

“I support the rule and support the bill. The bill makes sense. The American people are fed up. They are fed up with the United Nations that dials 911, and they are fed up with a Congress that not only pays for the 911 call, but then sends an American Express card to pay for all this business. I think, Congress, it is about time we start facing the facts. The American people are tired of hearing all the debate about Russia. They want to learn what happened about Rhode Island. They are sick and tired about all of this talk about Mexico and saving Mexico. They are concerned about Mississippi and Massachusetts. We are not listening. I think it is time to take a look at that, ladies and gentleman, and we are not. All this bill is totally acceptable for me. I am going to vote for it. I have some concerns about star wars, but I have an amendment. We cap our participation and cost contribution to peacekeeping to 25 percent in this bill. The Traficant amendment would reduce it to 20 percent, but would allow the President for need to expand that increase to 25 percent. But the President must notify the Congress of such increase and, second of all, justify the reasons for it. I think it is time we get some bureaucrat in some dark room of the Capitol with a calculator that keeps track on what we are spending, and that is exactly what my amendment will do. By the way, I think it is time we start worrying about the people in America.”