James Traficant

These are basically Buy American amendments. This one, though, deals with the fact that if the administrator or State extends the deadline for point source compliance, and encourages development and use of an innovative pollution…

While everybody is celebrating V-E Day, victory in Europe, I would like to talk about B-A Day, Bankruptcy in America Day. Think about it. For 50 years America has given trillions, trillions of dollars to Europe and Japan. And in return…

During the amendment process and markup I was able to include language which says the Secretary shall ensure that economic benefits of such exchange of information and technology accrue to the U.S. economy. My amendment simply says when we…

The IRS actually had the gall to tell Congress, ``If you change the burden of proof in a tax case, you will destroy our voluntary-compliance program.'' Right. Some kind of voluntary. Who is kidding whom? If you do not voluntarily pay your…

The top 10 reasons to cosponsor my 1-800- Buy-American bill. No. 10, the bill pays for itself. No. 9, it passed the House last year overwhelmingly. No. 8, no government bureaucrats. No. 7, no more Ross Perot specials and graphs. No. 6, the…

This amendment ensures that property owners will in fact be notified and given notice, and their rights will be explained, and the procedures for obtaining any compensation available under this act will be made known to them. The big…

What a difference a single vote makes. Due to the two-thirds requirement in the Constitution, the Senate failed to pass a balanced budget amendment. One vote. One vote per precinct elected John Kennedy. One vote in March 1995 may have…

The CIA said they knew nothing of secret government radiation tests on American guinea pigs in the fifties. Those guinea pigs were American citizens. Can you believe this, Government documents now reveal the CIA not only knew, they funded…

The Traficant amendment says that there shall be a net gain of non-administrative police officers as a result of funding under this bill, which basically means that there will be a few more Indians around. We do a lot of talking about cops…

You heard about Boris, now get a load of Yuri. That is right, Yuri Luzhkov, mayor of Moscow, next President of Russia. Secret meetings, secret budgets, secret records, secret million dollar deals. This guy Yuri makes Boss Tweed look like…

My amendment says that, when a serious violent felon is being released from prison, the releasing authority shall notify the victims, the family of the victims and the convicting court of that release. Many of these prisoners when…

Everybody was cheering because the Trade Representative finally stood up to those Chinese dictators. Not for long. At this moment they are negotiating a $8 billion energy deal with China. Beam me up. John Wayne is rolling over in his…

I have great admiration for former President Reagan and I do mean this. He was assertive, and when Ronald Reagan said he was going to do something, by God, he did it, and the world respected him and I totally respect him. Happy birthday…

The economists say that the economy is great. My question, Mr. Speaker: Are these economists smoking dope or what? Orange County is bankrupt. The District of Columbia is bankrupt. The trade deficit hit a record of $153 billion, and…

A woman was arrested in Sweden for smuggling. She had 65 snakes in her brassiere. She said she was going to start a reptile farm. Now, imagine if that happened in America: The IRS would declare her brassiere a small business and tax it…

While Congress plays politics with Newt Gingrich, last night's trade deficit showed a record of $10.5 billion. The 1994 trade deficit, Democrats, will hit a record $154 billion, which is equivalent to 3 million high-paying American jobs…

Well, I have not published any names, and I am hoping not to do that. But if the point comes we are running out of time, I may decide to do that. But I am not surprised. Mac Collins, that you have signed, and I wish that everybody around…

American tax dollars go to foreign countries. This amendment says, when they do not produce a product in their own country, the Congress of the United States encourages them to buy American made products by Americans who pay taxes who…

I would ask that my bill would perhaps be reviewed for a hearing next year, and let me say this, Congress: We do not have enough money to give every troubled city, but we could buy down interest rates. The banks do it the old-fashioned…

I want to thank my esteemed colleague from West Virginia for working with me to ensure that this important provision was included in the final version of the bill. I want to also thank the gentleman for placing in the bill a provision that…

I believe the Congress cannot just give money to cities to spend it the way they want, but we could buy down interest rates when the banks make a loan.

I have been working for some time to establish a program whereby nonprofit corporations could be provided with funds directly from the EDA so that they can provide economic assistance to small businesses. As my colleagues know, I represent…

Today's debate is not about guns. It is about politics. Congress is getting phone calls. People are saying, ``Vote `no''' vote ``no''; from good Americans who believe Congress will ultimately take away their guns. As a former sheriff, let…

In the case of any equipment or products that may be authorized to be purchased with assistance under this act, the Congress expresses the essence of the Congress that those purchases be made in America. In addition, that any recipient of…

Which Constitution will be uphold today in the U.S. Congress: the Constitution that said Jeffrey Dahmer, Richard Speck, Charles Manson are innocent until proven guilty; or today do we uphold the IRS constitution that says the PTA…