James Traficant: “Let me remind everybody herein assembled, this is not Rotary. This is the Super Bowl of politics. And as we speak, White…”

“Let me remind everybody herein assembled, this is not Rotary. This is the Super Bowl of politics. And as we speak, White House staffers are not only watching and listening to what we say but how we say it, and they will be individually scoring your voting records to determine who may need some discipline. In America the people are supposed to govern. My problem with the line item veto is very simple. It is an awesome transfer of the people's power to one person who needs to get elected and then needs 34 Senators in his hip pocket to run America. I guarantee not one of those 34 Senators will ever worry about a line item veto. Mr. Speaker, let me say this today in the little bit of time I have, watch what we say from here on out, bite our tongues, mind our votes, mind our votes. And consider our votes politically, folks, because the White House is watching, the White House is keeping score. I think there is a better way to do this without transferring the power from the people to the White House.”