Political Quotes

James Traficant: “Patricia Mendoza heckled the President; she got audited. Kent Brown sued the First Lady; he got audited. The National…”

On the recordOctober 8, 1997
Patricia Mendoza heckled the President; she got audited. Kent Brown sued the First Lady; he got audited. The National Center for Public Policy criticized the White House; they got audited. Billy Dale got the White House mad; he got audited. Paula Jones refused a cash settlement; she got audited. If that is not enough to tax your disgust, Shelly Davis, the author of Unbridled Power, who testified about IRS abuses before the Senate, got a notice in the mail yesterday; she is being audited. Unbelievable. After all this, an IRS spokesman said, coincidence, all coincidence. I say, Mr. Speaker, the IRS has turned into a bunch of political prostitutes. I want to apologize to all the hookers in America for having associated them with the IRS. I say beam me up, dot com, coincidence this.

Editor's note · Context

Discussing perceived political motivations behind IRS audits during a speech.

Share

More from James Traficant

Nov 1, 2001

A Taliban commander said, ``China is secretly helping our Taliban government.'' China has united. In addition, news reports say that Pakistan is giving weapons to the Taliban. Pakistan has united. Unbelievable here. China gets $100 billion…

govinfo.gov
Dec 13, 2001

Osama bin Laden is holed up in Tora Bora. Reports say that bin Laden is near the precipice of his great demise. The cornerstone of his condominium is crumbling, and they predict he will fall. Think about it. Bin Laden was always one who…

govinfo.gov
Dec 12, 2001

The school prayer issue is out of control, literally. Students in Pennsylvania were prohibited from handing out Christmas cards. Reports say students in Minnesota were disciplined for having said merry Christmas. Now if that is not enough…

govinfo.gov
Dec 5, 2001

Congress has bailed out everybody, airlines, insurance companies, even car makers. Chrysler is now owned by Germans. Bailout for almost everyone except America's steel industry, which is dying. Since 1998, 25 American steel companies have…

govinfo.gov

Other voices in this conversation