James Traficant

The IRS is trying to kill reform. They are bringing out the big guns, Congress. The Treasury Department says, and I quote, whistle blowers are lying. The IRS is really doing a good job. Unbelievable. Tell that to the families of Alex…

In America, Communists can work in our defense plants, illegal immigrants who jump the fence can get citizenship, there are law libraries for mass murderers; some want free condoms for school children, and some now want free needles for…

This bill is to provide supplemental emergency aid. I thought it was to provide supplemental emergency aid to the Southeast United States of America, not Southeast Asia. I thought it was to provide emergency aid for American citizens, not…

I think a Nation that overtaxes their people, kills hope and rewards their enemies, and part of the enemy is the Congress who can raise our taxes too easily. Just look at the Constitution, if it makes any difference. We have enacted a…

I think we reward dependence, subsidize illegitimacy, kill investments with our Tax Code. We must make a significant change. Also, as part of that, I must say this: I have come to despair on the Congress' intent to deal with the…

I have before this Congress a bill called ``1-800 Buy America.'' It says that any product that costs more than $250 is eligible to be listed on this national toll line for the purchase of American-made goods. It is not paid for by the…

This past month we had another record trade deficit. China is exceeding $5 billion in surpluses every month with Uncle Sam now. And Japan, who has been threatened by every President since Nixon with sanctions if they did not open up their…

With $60 billion, China buys California naval bases, missiles, attack aircraft, nuclear submarines. If that is not enough to tax your limitation, China then sells missiles to Iran and Pakistan to get more money, and then they use that…

Somebody is inhaling. Since NAFTA, American TVs and typewriters are made in Mexico; American telephones are made in Singapore; computers are made in China and Japan. And after all this, the White House wants to expand this NAFTA madness to…

The Pentagon says China and Russia are engaged in a nuclear arms race. They say both China and Russia can hit every city in America with a ballistic missile. Now, if that is not enough to cause you to fall on your sword, the Pentagon…

$217 billion is being invested in America, not overseas. To put some perspective on it, our trade deficits with China in the next 6 years will exceed $300 billion. Now let us call it like it is. Everybody is talking about pork. I was…

Daniel Remeya said he killed people for the fun of it. In 1985 he killed a clerk for $50. Two days later he killed a grocery clerk. Two days after that he killed a restaurant manager. That same day he killed two repair men, my colleagues…

America is still in shock. Two boys, age 11 and 13, gunned down four young students in a middle school in Arkansas, and the experts are asking what happened to parents? What happened to values? What happened to our schools? Schools are…

Economists say there are jobs everywhere. Check this out: messenger singer, press clipping cut-and-paster, sandwich signboard carrier, drive-in theater specialist, dust collector, pretzel twister, pantyhose crotch specialist. Madam…

A classified U.S. Government report says that Mexico's military is allowing massive shipments of narcotics into America. Wow, what a surprise. Barney Fife even knows that, folks. Let us tell it like it is. Mexico is the biggest drug pusher…

In 1993, Boris Yeltsin fell off a stage in Germany. In 1994, Boris could not get off his plane in Ireland. In 1996, Boris came up missing for 7 consecutive days, unexplained, before an election. In 1997, he forgot about a meeting with Vice…

IRS reform has taken on a whole new spin. The Vice President now wants the IRS to undergo sensitivity training, and the other body wants the taxpayers to pay for it. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Who is kidding whom? There can be no reform of…

2 years ago the White House told China, If you promise to stop selling missiles to terrorist nations, we will give you most favored nation trade status; and China said, Good, that's great. Okay. Last year the White House said, Look, you…

The carnage of NAFTA goes on. Thompson Electric is laying off a thousand workers and moving to Mexico. Bass Shoe Company is laying off 350 workers and moving to the Caribbean. Mitsubishi Electric is moving to Mexico. Matsui Battery is…

Systematic, brutal genocide has once again reared its ugly head. Ethnic Albanians in Kosova are being slaughtered. And after all this, an official at the State Department referred to Albanian freedom fighters as terrorists. Shame, Mr…

Imagine this, Mr. Speaker. The IRS kicks down your door without a warrant and takes everything. Then the IRS, without a warrant, raids your partner's home. They arrest him at gunpoint in front of his small children and take everything…

Every Member in this body wants to help Africa and African workers. So do I. But I do not want to help Africa and African workers at the expense of America and American workers. Now, I support the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel), his…

The IRS says, do not change the law. Taxpayers should remain guilty in a civil tax case. Unbelievable. Let me remind Members of the recent testimony of an IRS employee before the other body about IRS reform. She demanded that she be behind…

The Oklahoma Senate passed a bill to allow castration of convicted rapists. That is right. Castration. Opponents say it is cruel. Victims say it is about time. I say hats off, and anything else off, to the Oklahoma Senate. Maybe, just…

According to reports, Mexico's drug cartel is recruiting American kids in street gangs in the city of San Diego. That is right. California has become the new breeding ground for Mexican drug traffickers. Unbelievable. While the Pentagon…