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James Traficant: “I will not support this cutting amendment. I will give John Deutch a hand. But I will say this next year, if we continue…”

On the recordMay 22, 1996
I will not support this cutting amendment. I will give John Deutch a hand. But I will say this next year, if we continue to find ourselves in this big sinkhole without passing a Conyers amendment, I would recommend we hire Ted Turner and Rush Limbaugh and let the CIA stay home, and other defense intelligence agencies, because they are not getting too much done, folks. I rise in opposition to this amendment, but I want to commend the gentleman from Vermont, Mr. Sanders. I think he may help pass the Conyers amendment, and that may be the best thing we do here in this Congress today.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Editor's note · Context

Opposing a budget amendment and advocating for the Conyers amendment during a committee discussion.

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