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James Traficant: “Something does not add up. Congress continues to spend more money on crime and cops, more money on jails and prisons…”

On the recordJuly 25, 1996
Something does not add up. Congress continues to spend more money on crime and cops, more money on jails and prisons, pumps money into schools wherever possible, but you can still find drugs in our schools, guns and violence in our schools. There are even condoms in our schools, God forbid, rape, and even cases of murder in our schools. About the only thing you cannot find in our school today is prayer. Even though "in God we trust" is written over all our buildings and on all our currency, about the only time you can hear God's name in school is when God's name is taken in vain. Shame, Congress. Shame. A nation and a Congress that will keep God out just may have invited the Devil. Think about that one.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Addressing issues of violence and morality in schools during a speech in Congress.

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