James Traficant

After all the buying and spying, the Department of Energy has announced their new security policy. All scientists must now report any and all romantic affairs that they have with foreigners. Now if that is not enough to centerfold our…

12 terrorists from Puerto Rico who are responsible for 130 bombings in America, killing 6 Americans and wounding many more have been pardoned by the President. Now, if that is not enough to get away with murder, check this out: to get the…

In 1993, 86 civilians were killed in Waco, Texas. Twenty-four of them were innocent children. Most of them burned to death. Until this day, no one knows the truth about Waco, and the reason is quite clear. The FBI lied and the Attorney…

The Drug Czar said only 38 percent of teenagers in America have tried drugs, and he is all excited. Now, look, I like the Czar. I think he is doing a good job. But 38 percent is not exactly a number we should be celebrating, folks. Let us…

Needing cash to run their government, the government of North Korea has been accused of selling heroin and cocaine. I am not kidding you. Reports say that North Korean agents were arrested by international police possessing 80 pounds of…

Hinckley should go to jail. We should throw away the keys. An America that tolerates assassins like Hinckley is an America that will have more assassins like John Hinckley.

Last November polls in Minnesota said it was a two-man race for governor. Beam me up. Who were they polling? Bullwinkle? Jesse Ventura, the third candidate, actually won due to the debates and quite frankly he is a breath of fresh air in…

Yesterday General Motors closed its plant in Flint, Michigan. Another 3,600 American manufacturing jobs gone. Meanwhile, General Motors plants all over the world remain open. Think about it. While foreign workers are building American…

I appreciate the committee accepting my ``buy American'' amendment. If we do not make it here and we go to war, who will we buy from; our enemy? So I wish to thank the committee for its continued support, and I also want to thank the…

I think when we do the little things, the big things take care of themselves. I had not really looked carefully at this amendment, but having looked at this amendment, it is the types of little things that build morale and stabilization to…

I hope for the best, but this peace agreement seems very fragile. After rape, murder, and genocide, no simple piece of paper will stop the war in Yugoslavia. Ethnic Albanians did not fight and die for autonomy or self-rule. Neither did…

In America it is illegal to burn trash, but we can burn the flag. It is illegal to remove a label from a mattress, but we can literally rip the stars and stripes off our flag. It is illegal to damage a mailbox, but we can destroy our flag…

90 percent of all crime in America is drug related. Eighty percent of all heroin, 80 percent of all cocaine comes across the Mexican border. To boot, only three out of every 100 trucks coming from Mexico are even inspected. It is so bad…

Scott Falater does not deny it. He admits that he stabbed his wife 44 times. He then held her underwater while she bled to death, and then he hid the evidence. But, after all that, Falater says he is not guilty because he was sleepwalking…

I want to support the statement of the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton) as well. I think today we have to stand up to provide the money for our troops that are in harm's way, and I want to congratulate the Members who have made such a…

Uncle Sam and the International Monetary Fund have loaned Russia billions and billions of dollars, and with each loan Russia promised to repay. Guess what? Russia says, and I quote, they cannot repay their loans this year, next year, not…

Residents of Brookshire Condominiums in Washingtonville, New York, have been banned from flying the American flag. Banned, ladies and gentlemen. In fact, they will be charged $25 for every day that they fly the flag beyond the five…

John Hinckley shot President Reagan with intent to kill. He was acquitted by reason of insanity and confined to a hospital where after a routine search they found correspondence between Hinckley and mass murderers Charles Manson and Ted…

I support this resolution. Europe should be providing the ground troops. We have been propping up Europe much too long. But I am more concerned about what we are not doing here today. We should be arming the KLA so they can help protect…

Another school tragedy, another scapegoat. This time it is guns. Littleton is not just about guns, parents or discipline. Littleton is much to do with Congress. That is right. A Congress that allows God to be banned from our schools while…

It is time. Time to arm the Kosovo Liberation Army, not send in ground troops. Let Europe send in the ground troops. It would cost less than one night of bombing to arm the KLA, and that is what we should be doing. It is also time to…

In America, when our schools can teach about Hitler and war but we cannot discuss God, something is very wrong, I say to my colleagues. Not to use this great tragedy as the catalyst for a proposition we should be considering, but I believe…

Last month's trade deficit hit another record, $20 billion. One month, $20 billion. If it keeps up, $240 billion a year, a quarter of a trillion dollars. Japan and China are now taking $10 billion a month out of our economy. Beam me up. It…

Our Tax Code penalizes achievement and rewards dependence. It subsidizes illegitimacy. It kills investment. It kills jobs. It destroys our exports and sales and subsidizes our imports. Beam me up, Madam Speaker. In a nutshell, our Tax Code…

A new report says Uncle Sam gives billions of dollars to Russia every year, and the money disappears into an offshore bank account. Guess what, much of the money is now reported stolen. If that is not enough to bust your balsam, check this…