James Traficant: “we were not elected to Western Union to send messages; we are elected to the Congress of the United States. I support…”

“we were not elected to Western Union to send messages; we are elected to the Congress of the United States. I support the bill. Current policy is a failure. Bosnian Moslems are being exterminated. Safe havens do not exist. They are, in fact, shooting galleries. U.N. peacekeepers are being held as human-hostage shields, allowing the aggressors to brutalize the victims. Mr. Chairman, I ask my colleagues, how can we sit idly by and not even allow those brutalized victims to defend themselves, protect their homes, their wives, and their children? As far as getting involved in this, do we honestly believe that these Katzenjammer Cops who are over there are going to keep anybody out? Mr. Chairman, I support this bill, but let me say this: This is in Europe's backyard. Europe has got to respond. We are not the policeman for the world, but all free people should at least help those victims to defend themselves and protect their families. If we cannot do that, then freedom means very little to the Congress of the United States anymore.”