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WASTING AMERICA'S TAX DOLLARS IN RUSSIA
November 17, 1999
Mr. Speaker, since 1992, Uncle Sam has given Russia billions of dollars
to dismantle their weapons of mass destruction. Now, who is kidding whom?
Instead of dismantling, reports say Russia has built missiles, submarines,
and more nuclear warheads. If that is not enough to gargle with vodka,
the report said that Russia just bought 11 strategic bombers and 500 additional
cruise missiles. To boot, they say what they did not spend, those Communists
stole and pocketed for themselves.
Unbelievable. Whatever happened to President Reagan's policy: Trust, but
verify. It has turned into turn the other cheeks.
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Boris might have fallen, but he keeps getting
up with our cash.
I yield back the nuclear waste of our tax dollars spent in Russia.
AMERICAN TAXES SUPPORTING CHINESE DICTATORSHIP
November 16, 1999
Mr. Speaker, the trade representative is all excited about her new deal
with China. I must ask my colleagues, is she a masochist, or what?
Check this out. American cars will have a 25 percent tariff and all American
goods will average a 17 percent tariff. Meanwhile, Chinese cars and all
of their other products will average a 2 percent tariff.
Unbelievable. Monty Hall could have made a better deal for us.
There must be one explanation only, Mr. Speaker. This administration must
be in bed with the Chinese, because right now, our tax money is propping
up a Communist dictatorship that has missiles pointed at us as I speak.
Beam me up here. I yield back the danger and stupidity of this most recent
sweetheart deal for China.
TIME TO ABOLISH INCOME TAXES
November 10, 1999
Mr. Speaker, in America, the government takes the people's money and distributes
it. That sounds like communism to me. I think it is time to throw out
income taxes. No more forms, no more audits, no more IRS. Think about
it. I am going to quote now Reverend Jim Ford. He says, think about this:
The IRS does not even send us a thank you for voluntarily paying our income
taxes.
Beam me up. It is time to abolish income taxes, abolish the IRS, and pass
a flat 15 percent national sales tax.
I yield back the IRS.
CRIMINALS HAVE MORE RIGHTS THAN LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS
November 09, 1999
Mr. Speaker, a Minnesota factory worker said, enough is enough. His cabin
was ripped off three times. His neighbors' cabins continue to be ripped
off. The police said they could do nothing.
So Lenny Miller booby-trapped his cabin and busted the burglar red-handed.
And guess what? Some bust. Lenny Miller is going to jail with a $12,000
fine. And the burglar is getting free healthcare.
Beam me up. Something is wrong, Mr. Speaker, when Americans cannot protect
their own property and when criminals have more rights than law-abiding
citizens.
There is one bright side. I yield back the fact that in Wisconsin there
will not be many cabins ripped off this year thanks to Lenny Miller.
NORTH KOREA IS BIGGEST RECIPIENT OF U.S. AID IN EAST ASIA
November 08, 1999
Madam Speaker, the biggest recipient of American aid in East Asia is not
our friends the Philippines, South Korea, or East Timor. The big bucks
go to a blue brutal dictator called
North Korea. Unbelievable.
North Korea got $650 million from us. Now, if that is not enough to prop
up communism, not only can North Korea launch 100 missiles at America,
North Korea is scheduled to get over $1 billion in aid from our taxpayers
next year, $1 billion to North Korea. Beam me up. Who dreamed up this
policy? Mao Zedong?
I yield back the fact that North Korea will not be building schools and
hospitals, nor peace academies with our money.
THE EPA HAS GOTTEN OUT OF HAND
November 05, 1999
Mr. Speaker, in 1995, the EPA came crying to Congress saying they needed
more money to clean up our air and our water and our Superfund sites.
Shortly after that appeal for cash, records show that the EPA gave a $160,000
grant to facilitate wind energy technologies in China. Unbelievable. While
American taxpayers are busting their buns to pay the bill around here,
the EPA gave our hard-earned taxpayer dollars for projects in China.
Mr. Speaker, this is out of hand. Electric bicycle technology, wind energy
technology, American taxpayer dollars? The EPA should be handcuffed.
Beam me up.
I yield back all the flatulence in China paid for by the EPA.
IT IS TIME CONGRESS WRITES THE LAWS, NOT NEW YORK JUDGES
November 04, 1999
Mr. Speaker, judges in New York have ruled that Mayor Giuliani shall give
$7.2 million to the Brooklyn Museum of Art, even though their exhibit
is offensive. I will say it is offensive, a portrait of the Virgin Mary
splattered with elephant dung.
If that is not bad enough, now taxpayers have to subsidize it. Unbelievable,
Mr. Speaker. In the name of art and freedom of expression, these stumbling,
bumbling, fumbling judges in New York have institutionalized perversion.
The museum may have the right to show it, but by God, the taxpayers should
not be compelled to fund it. It is time that Congress starts writing laws,
not these judges.
I yield back the stupidity, absolute stupidity and perversion, of the
decision of these judges in New York.
THE LADY BUCKEYES AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
November 03, 1999
The Ohio State women's rugby team, Mr. Speaker, wanted to do something
memorable in D.C. It was memorable, all right. Unlike Brandy Chastain's
highly publicized sports bra expose, the Lady Buckeyes went topless. That
is right, topless. The Lincoln Memorial became a strip joint. Bras were
flying everywhere. Unbelievable.
Now, after all this, the University has suspended the team, and these
Buckeye vixens are awaiting the final decision.
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Leave these foxy ladies alone. If America can
forgive the President, the Ohio State University can forgive these Buckeye
divas.
I yield back all of the memorable excitement at the Lincoln Memorial.
ENFORCE EXISTING GUN LAWS; DO NOT CODDLE GUN VIOLATORS
November 02, 1999
Madam Speaker, the White House wants more gun control. Janet Reno wants
more gun control. But something just does not add up, Madam Speaker. In
the last 5 years, prosecution of gun violators dropped 50 percent. Gun
violators serve 25 percent less time in jail, and many pardons were granted
for gun violators.
Now think about it. Fewer prosecutions, early releases, pardons, but the
White House wants more gun control. Beam me up, Madam Speaker.
America does not need more gun control. America needs the White House
to enforce the gun laws we already have.
I yield back all the coddling of these gun violators by this administration.
CHINESE RELATIONS
November 01, 1999
Mr. Speaker, reports say the White House will support China over Taiwan,
thus communism over democracy. Unbelievable. The reports say the White
House will put tough conditions on it. Like what, Mr. Speaker? A waiting
period on Chinese missile launches? A promise that China will not sell
any of their stolen technology at missile shows? How about trigger locks
on all those Chinese missiles?
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker.
These cerebral constipators have already given away the farm. Now they
are starting to play with our freedom.
I yield back the fact that we built the Panama Canal and China now runs
it.
FAILURE OF THE WAR ON DRUGS DUE TO WIDE OPEN BORDERS
October 28, 1999
Mr. Speaker, everybody in America is confused. After spending billions
and billions of dollars on this War on Drugs, they cannot figure out why
it has failed. Beam me up, Mr.Speaker. It does not take a rocket scientist
to figure this out.
Water runs downhill, and drugs pour across our borders. Our borders are
wide open. Heroin and cocaine are stone-cold imports, and heroin and cocaine
flood across our borders.
I think it is time to do something about our borders, and our streets
and our kids that are strung out, 12-year-olds in New York and Philadelphia
on heroin.
I yield back, Mr. Speaker, the stupidity of Congress in dealing with the
problem of narcotics.
BRING OLD RELIABLE BACK TO ITS PROPER THRONE
October 27, 1999
Mr. Speaker, a 1992 law designed to save water said that the old standard
3 1/2 gallon toilet must be replaced with a 1 1/2 gallon streamlined job.
It sounds good, but Americans have been flushing away ever since. It has
gotten so bad there is now a black market on old reliables. It is no joke.
Americans are getting potty fatigue flushing their own toilet.
If that is not enough, Members of the other side, to squeeze your Charmin,
if you get caught flushing an old reliable in your own home, it is a $2,500
fine.
Beam me up here. I say the nincompoop over at EPA who suggested this policy
should go to a proctologist for a brain scan. Flush this.
I yield back all the constipation over this issue and urge us to bring
old reliable back to its
appropriate throne.
IRS OUT OF CONTROL
October 26, 1999
America's income tax is not only un-American, it is socialism at its best.
It promotes dependency, penalizes achievement, kills jobs, kills investment,
and subsidizes illegitimacy. It is out of control, Members of Congress.
If that is not enough to tax your Social Security from cradle to the grave
they keep busting our balsam and taxing us even when we die.
Beam me up here, Mr. Speaker. I say it is time to literally abolish both
the IRS and the progressive un-American socialistic income tax.
Audit this. I yield back the socialism of our income tax program.
WACO STILL A BURNING QUESTION
October 25, 1999
Mr. Speaker, after 6 years, Waco is still burning. These fires will not
stop until our government tells the truth. Ninety Americans killed, and
nobody, nobody has been held accountable to this date, even though the
Government used deadly gas, used a bulldozer, and could have arrested
David Koresh any morning out jogging.
Now, despite government denial, they find a high caliber shell casing
near a position stand of an FBI sniper.
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. One can fool some of the people some of the time,
but one cannot fool all of the people all of the time. The Government
is lying about Waco.
I yield back the fact that the Justice Department, by the way, investigates
themselves.
WAR ON DRUGS IS A JOKE
October 20, 1999
Mr. Speaker, the governor of New Mexico says, and I quote, `America has
lost the war on drugs. It is time to legalize drugs.' Think about it.
Cocaine and heroin, legal. Eleven- and 12-year-olds strung out.
This is a joke. While our drug czar worries about Olympic athletes, our
borders are wide open, literally tons of heroin and cocaine flooding our
streets, and now politicians are calling for legalization of narcotics.
Beam me up. This is not a war on drugs; this is absolute surrender.
I yield back all the catchy, get-tough, rah-rah, gung-ho slogans of America's
great charade on drugs.
RUSSIAN POLITICAL LEADERS ARE STEALING AMERICAN FOREIGN AID
October 19, 1999
Mr. Speaker, $7.5 billion Russian dollars turned up in a bank in New York.
Now, what is going on here? Russia is so poor they cannot buy toilet paper.
When asked about it, fumbling, bumbling, stumbling Boris said, `I'm no
criminal. It's not my money.'
Who is kidding whom? Two and a half million of those dollars were traced
back to Boris's son-in-law. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Russian politicians
are stealing American foreign aid. Boris does not need American cash;
Boris needs Alcoholics Anonymous.
I yield back all the bleeding hearts in Washington and all around America
that keep pumping money into Russia.
ORVILLE MAJORS DESERVES DEATH
October 18, 1999
Madam Speaker, Orville Majors was convicted for killing patients in an
Indiana hospital. Majors is now also accused of killing another 130 patients
in hospitals. And after all this, Majors got life in prison.
Think about it. Majors will get three square meals a day, television,
free health care, activity in exercise rooms. Beam me up, Madam Speaker.
Orville Majors should not be given life; Orville Majors should be given
death. It is no wonder America continues to have 17,000 murders a year.
The truth is, America tolerates murderers like Orville Majors.
I yield back the unheard screams of 136 American victims.
EVERYBODY HAS NUKES
October 14, 1999
Mr. Speaker, China and Russia have nukes; India and Pakistan have nukes;
Russia, Iran, and North Korea have nukes. Everybody has nukes. It is so
bad, reports now say that McDonald's is developing the McNuke.
I ask, Mr. Speaker, what good is a nuclear test ban if every crackpot
in the world keeps building nuclear weapons?
Beam me up here.
I say be careful, Congress, because America will abide by any nuclear
test ban, but those crackpots throughout the world will not, and I tell
my colleagues this: we can build them, but do not shoot them. Save that
for the tooth fairy.
I yield back all those mad scientists with carpel tunnel.
CHRYSLER: A GERMAN COMPANY?
October 13, 1999
Mr. Speaker, in the 1970s Congress bailed out Chrysler, and last year
Chrysler merged with Daimler-Benz.
Chrysler is now a German corporation, and upon merging they said Americans
will always have a strong voice in the new company's leadership.
So much for the tooth fairy, Mr. Speaker. The three top American executives
were replaced, and now the German company announced they will invest $28
billion, all of it in Germany.
What is next, Mr. Speaker? Mercedes-Benz limousines for our White House?
Beam me up.
I yield back the billions of dollars that Congress invested into what
is now a German company.
REGULATIONS COST TAXPAYERS $400 BILLION YEARLY
October 12, 1999
Mr. Speaker, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words. The Declaration of Independence
is 1,322 words. Government regulations on the sale of cabbage is 27,000
words.
Mr. Speaker, now if that is not enough to stuff your cabbage roll, regulations
cost taxpayers $400 billion a year, $4,000 per every family each and every
year, year in and year out.
Unbelievable. It is so bad, if a dog urinates in a parking lot, the EPA
declares it a wetland.
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker.
I yield back 2,800,000 words in our Tax Code.
IT IS NOT MANAGED CARE ANY MORE, IT IS MANAGED COSTS
October 7, 1999
Madam Speaker, America's the land of the free, but one cannot choose one's
doctor. Freedom of speech; but doctors are gagged. Judicial review; HMOs
are judge and jury.
Madam Speaker, health care in America has gone from the Constitution to
HMOs. Beam me up. It is not managed care any more; it is managed costs.
It is time for Congress to vote on behalf of the American people and pass
the Patients' Bill of Rights, stone cold simple remedy today.
I yield back more medicine than ever in America and less health care.
PRAYING NOW BANNED FOR FOOTBALL PLAYERS
October 6, 1999
Mr. Speaker, a football team in Texas was overheard saying a prayer. My
colleagues guessed it, now there is a lawsuit to ban football players
in high school from praying. Unbelievable.
Mr. Speaker, even though the First Amendment states Congress shall make
no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion, children cannot pray
in school. School functions cannot mention God. Now football teams cannot
pray.
What is next? Are they going to ban the Hail Mary pass in football? Beam
me up. A Nation that outlaws God, so help me God, is inviting the Devil.
I yield back the trampled rights of the majority of the American people.
UNCLE SAM IS PROPPING UP COMMUNISM IN CHINA
October 5, 1999
Mr. Speaker, last week China celebrated 50 years of communist rule. They
had parades with tanks, missiles, communism on display after all our efforts
to defeat communism.
What is troubling, Mr. Speaker, is they were partying in China on our
cash, a $70-billion trade surplus. Unbelievable. The truth is, communism
in China would be belly up today if it were not for our trade policy.
Beam me up. Uncle Sam is now propping up communism.
I yield back Taiwan, Johnny Huang, Charlie Trie, and all the Chinese spies
running around our nuclear labs.
PROMOTION OF GARBAGE
October 4, 1999
Mr. Speaker, it is not just about the Virgin Mary splattered with cow
manure; it is about common decency. The Brooklyn Museum of Art is displaying
a portrait of a pedophile that features the handprints of the children
he murdered.
Think about it: on display in New York City, the handprints of America's
murdered children.
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. This is not freedom of expression; this is stone
cold promotion of garbage. Congress should be supporting Mayor Giuliani's
attempt to stop public funding of this type of trash.
I yield back the handprints of America's murdered children on display
in the great City of New York.
BE HONEST WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE REGARDING SOCIAL SECURITY
September 30, 1999
Mr. Speaker, Social Security is in trouble, and I am not going to blame
either party. There is enough blame to go around on everybody. Congress
has tried Gramm-Rudman, budget caps, lockboxes, and now some in Congress
even want to create a zodiac ploy of a 13th month. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker.
Let us be honest. As long as Social Security money is there, available
to be spent, it will be spent, by both parties. I say it is time for a
constitutional amendment that says Social Security money can only be used
for Social Security and Medicare. Let us be honest with the American people.
I yield back all the good intentions of Congress that have not worked
and will not work about Social Security.
EDUCATION SYSTEM IN AMERICA IS NOT GETTING PASSING GRADES
September 29, 1999
Mr. Speaker, a new report says that 75 percent of American students cannot
write a simple essay. It also says many students cannot even change a
dollar bill, and many of them cannot read.
But, what is even worse, the report says these uneducated students continue
to graduate. And all the experts are now looking at Congress and asking,
what is Congress going to do about this?
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. This is not about Congress; this is about parents.
In the old days, kids knew their ABCs before they went to school.
I yield back all the well-intended billions of taxpayer dollars that are
not reaching home without the help of parents.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HELPING CHINESE COMMUNISTS
September 28, 1999
Mr. Speaker, first it was Ruby Ridge and Waco, now it is Chinese money
laundering. The Justice Department continues to cover up the truth.
FBI Agent Parker testified that 27 pages of her notebook detailing crimes
on Charlie Trie were stolen. Agent Parker also said that the Justice Department
blocked a search warrant allowing Charlie Trie to destroy bank records
and money transfers from the Bank of China that ended up at the Democrat
National Committee.
Think about it. The Justice Department is now covering up the truth, helping
Chinese communists.
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker.
It is time for a full independent investigation, not another investigation
appointed by Janet Reno.
I yield back the crimes at the Justice Department.
GIULIANI CUTS FUNDS TO BROOKLYN ART MUSEUM
September 27, 1999
Madam Speaker, I agree with New York Mayor Giuliani for cutting funds
to the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Their latest show features the bust of
a man frozen in his own blood, a small pig sliced in half and preserved
in a bottle of formaldehyde, and a portrait of the Virgin Mary splattered
with elephant feces.
Art, Madam Speaker? My ascot.
Let us tell it like it is. The truth is the art world has gone from Michelangelo's
Sistine Chapel to Lorena Bobbit's pristine scalpel.
Beam me up.
I yield back the trash, not treasures, of the Brooklyn Museum of Disgusting
Art.
PROGRESSIVE INCOME TAX SOCIALISM
September 24, 1999
Mr. Speaker, in 1848, Karl Marx said, a progressive income tax is needed
to transfer wealth and power to the state. Thus, Marx's Communist Manifesto
had as its major economic tenet a progressive income tax.
Think about it, 1848 Karl Marx, Communism. Now, if that is not enough
to tax our history, 1999, United States of America, progressive income
tax socialism. Stone cold socialism.
I say it is time to replace the progressive income tax with a national
retail sales tax, and it is time to abolish the IRS, my colleagues.
I yield back all the rules, regulations, fear, and intimidation of our
current system.
CONGRESS TURNS OTHER CHEEK
September 23, 1999
Mr. Speaker, FBI agents testified that the Justice Department blocked
their investigation of illegal campaign contributions to the Democrat
National Committee in the last campaign.
FBI agents also said, under oath, Justice Department lawyers actually
impeded and delayed and obstructed any investigation.
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Whether we are a Republican or a Democrat or
an Independent, this is wrong. This may in fact be criminal. And the Justice
Department warrants a thorough investigation by an independent counsel,
not one of their own peers.
The trouble is, Mr. Speaker, Congress turns the other cheek. Shame, Congress.
I yield back China Gate. I yield back Travel Gate. I yield back Ruby Ridge.
I yield back Waco. And I yield back more to come.
NEW WORLD BILL COLLECTORS
September 22, 1999
Mr. Speaker, the U.N. says we owe them a billion dollars and if we do
not pay we will lose our vote. The U.N. also said they accepted three
new member countries. All three are smaller than the hometowns of my colleagues.
One has 8,000 people.
Now, if that is not enough to tax our peacekeeping, check this out. These
three countries will have three votes. We will still have one vote.
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. The truth is the United Nations owes Uncle Sam
$6 billion for saving their international assets year in and year out.
I say it is time for Congress to tell these New World bill collectors
to shove their debt up their charter. Think about that.
I yield back the big vote we will lose at the United Nations.
SPIES FROM RUSSIA
September 21, 1999
Mr. Speaker, first it was China, and now it is Russia. The FBI said Russia
is spying on America. If that is not enough to tax one's vodka.
The FBI says that 50 percent of all Russian diplomats in America are likely
to be spies. Unbelievable. The White House gives billions of dollars to
Boris. Boris uses our money to spy on us.
Now, Mr. Speaker, I thought we always gave billions of dollars to Russia
because they were so poor they could not even afford toilet paper. I say
it is time to put Boris on a cash diet. Maybe when he runs out of toilet
paper, he will stop spying on us.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the Charmin.
FEAR AND INTIMIDATION HAVE NO PLACE IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
September 15, 1999
Mr. Speaker, last year under oath the IRS admitted in testimony `We use
fear and intimidation to make Americans pay their taxes.' That is right,
fear.
It is not just the IRS. Take Waco. Waco is about a group of Americans,
good, bad, or indifferent, who defied the government.
They stood up to the government and the government crushed them. The government
crushed them, to send a message.
What was that message, Mr. Speaker? They had better fear the government.
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Fear is an ugly four-letter word. It has no place
in American government. I yield back all the fear and intimidation of
our government agencies.
ANTI-AMERICAN TRADE AND TAX POLICIES
September 14, 1999
Mr. Speaker, remember the Singer sewing machines? Most married couples
in America had one. Today the Singer Company filed bankruptcy in New York.
The Singer Company is now headquartered in Hong Kong. They make their
sewing machines in Japan, Brazil, and Taiwan. It is called the New World
Order, Mr. Speaker.
Here is how it works: American factories move overseas. They send their
products back and sell them in America. If it does not work out, they
go bankrupt and screw the American creditors. What a system.
I yield back all the anti-American trade and tax policies that this Congress
continues to support and pass.
PILLOW TALK AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
September 13, 1999
Mr. Speaker, 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 Playboys, check this out.
There is one exception, and I am not kidding: one night stands are still
permitted.
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. The next time, Congress, we see an ad for a temporary,
overnight, meaningful relationship, be careful. It may be from a real
rocket launcher at the Department of Energy.
Launch this.
I yield back all the pillow talk at the Department of Energy.
A WHOLE NEW POLICY ON TERRORISM: IF TERRORISTS APOLOGIZE, THEY ARE
SET FREE
September 9, 1999
Madam Speaker, 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 pardon, the terrorists had to
promise to give up violence. Unbelievable, Madam Speaker.
A whole new policy on terrorism in America. If terrorists apologize, they
are set free. Beam me up, Madam Speaker.
An America that pardons terrorists is an America that invites more terrorism.
I yield back the pain and suffering of their victims and their families.
WACO, THE FBI LIED AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES LIED
September 8, 1999
Madam Speaker, 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 General of the United States lied. They
lied and they covered it up. And after all of these lies, no one, nobody,
has been held accountable for the massacre at Waco.
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker; an America that turns its back on Waco is an
America that turns its back on freedom and justice.
An independent investigation is absolutely warranted to solve this cover-up
and get to the truth.
I yield back all the lies at the Justice Department.
COVERUP IN WACO, TEXAS
August 4, 1999
Mr. Speaker, over 80 Americans were killed at Waco, many of them women
and children, actually burned to death, and the Texas Rangers have now
uncovered new evidence that said the Federal Government covered up the
truth and lied about Waco.
Check it out. A recent memo says, Federal agents had a friendly meeting
with Koresh just 9 days before the assault, yet Federal agents testified
in court, and I quote, they said, they could not lure Koresh from the
compound and were forced to engage in the assault.
Unbelievable. The Justice Department is lying through their teeth. Mr.
Speaker, 700 Federal agents, tanks, and rocket power attacked American
civilians, 80 of them killed, many of them women and children, burned
to death, and nobody did anything about it. Nobody. It is time for an
independent investigation into the FBI, the Justice Department, and the
coverup in Waco, Texas.
INTENSIFY WAR ON DRUGS
August 3, 1999
Madam Speaker, 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 tell it like it is: Drugs account for 80 percent of all crime,
70 percent of all murder, 50 percent of all healthcare costs, and heroin
and cocaine is as easy to get as aspirin in every city in America, and
it all comes across the border. Our borders are wide open and our eyes
are wide shut.
Beam me up. We do not have a war on drugs going on; we have a propaganda
game going on in America.
NORTH KOREA ACCUSED OF DRUG DEALING
August 2, 1999
Mr. Speaker, 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 cocaine and $100 million worth of methamphetamines
that was sponsored for sale officially by their government.
Now, if that is not enough to trigger your overdose, on or about the same
time, the White House announced they are asking Congress for another $55
million in foreign aid for North Korea.
Unbelievable. North Korea is selling dope, and Uncle Sam is fronting the
buy money. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. So help me.
I yield back further the fact that North Korea is building missiles that
are being aimed in the future at America.
HINCKLEY SHOULD GO TO JAIL AND WE SHOULD THROW AWAY THE KEYS
July 29, 1999
Mr. Speaker, John Hinckley shot President Reagan, James Brady, and two
security guards with intent to kill. Hinckley also planned to kill President
Carter.
Deemed insane, Hinckley was put in the hospital. And now that hospital
says Hinckley has regained his health, he is no longer insane, and he
should be entitled to and they are granting him `supervised leave.' And
the Government will not appeal it.
Unbelievable.
What is next, Mr. Speaker? White House tours? Disney World?
Beam me up. 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.
AMERICA MUST NOT TOLERATE MURDERERS
July 27, 1999
Mr. Speaker, the Yosemite murderer confessed to four brutal killings.
Cary Stayner said he beheaded one victim. Cary Stayner then said he had
killed the mother and her 15-year-old daughter. Cary Stayner then said
he killed their 16-year-old friend as well. Then Cary Stayner apologized.
My colleagues, Cary Stayner said, `I'm sorry.'
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. I say it is time for a jury to tell Cary Stayner,
Goodnight, sweet Prince. It is time to meet the devil.
An America that tolerates murderers like Cary Stayner is an America that
will have more murderers like Cary Stayner.
I yield back the record number of victims laid to rest in cemeteries all
over America.
MASSIVE TRADE DEFICITS FOR U.S.
July 20, 1999
Mr. Speaker, another record one-month trade deficit approaching $20 billion.
That means there were another 400,000 American manufacturing high-paying
jobs lost last month.
American workers keep going from factories to McDonald's, from steel mills
to service centers, from banks to bankrupt, and no one in Washington is
even paying attention.
Check it out. Free trade for Mexico, free trade for Africa, free trade
for China, free trade for Europe, and massive trade deficits for the United
States of America.
Beam me up. This is not a trade policy. This is a giveaway.
I yield back what high-paying jobs with benefits we have left.
RUSSIA WANTS ANOTHER $5 BILLION FROM IMF
July 19, 1999
Mr. Speaker, even though Russia still owes $17 billion to the International
Monetary Fund, Russia wants another $5 billion loan. And experts support
it. They say, Russia needs the $5 billion loan to repay part of the $17
billion still in default.
Unbelievable. If that is not enough to detoxify your ruble, reports say,
`Beware, Congress, Russian politicians have been stealing the IMF money
for years.'
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. These experts are not only smoking dope, they
are drinking vodka chasers if they expect me to vote for one more dime
for a Russian loan. Borrow this.
HOW MANY AMERICANS MUST BE VICTIMIZED BEFORE BORDERS ARE SECURE?
July 15, 1999
Mr. Speaker, two Texas women were beaten to death in their own home. They
were two of nine victims supposedly killed by the infamous railroad killer
from Mexico. The border is wide open. From narcotics to terrorists, the
border is wide open.
Tell me, Mr. Speaker, how many more Americans must be murdered in their
own home? How many more Americans must die of drug overdoses? How many
more Americans must be victimized and live in fear of terrorists? Tell
me, Mr. Speaker, how many more Americans must be abused before Congress
secures our border? Beam me up.
I yield back a massive problem that can and will not be solved.
AMERICAN BORDERS WIDE OPEN WHILE GUARDING BOSNIA AND KOSOVO
July 14, 1999
Mr. Speaker, all heroin and cocaine comes across our borders, and everyone
agrees that heroin and cocaine cause most of the crime, murder, and medical
bills in America. And Congress does nothing.
While American soldiers are guarding the borders of Bosnia and Kosovo,
American borders are wide open. And Congress does nothing. Beam me up,
Mr. Speaker.
A Nation without secure borders is a Nation without security. A Congress
that turns its back on our borders is a Congress that invites disaster.
I yield back the stupid un-American policies.
OUR COUNTRY'S UNBELIEVABLE POLICY ON STEEL
July 13, 1999
Mr. Speaker, after World War II we gave tours of our steel mills to Japan
and Germany. We let them take pictures. We gave them blueprints. We even
gave them foreign aid so they could build their own steel mills.
Today Japan and Germany have steel mills. America has photographs. If
that is not enough to tarnish our stainless, Japan and Europe at this
very moment keep dumping illegal steel into America while in Pittsburgh,
the once steel capital of the world, they just demolished another steel
mill.
Beam me up. This policy on steel is not only unbelievable, it is stupid.
I believe, Mr. Speaker, we could do with less think tanks and styrofoam
and a few more factories and steel.
EUROPE AND JAPAN MANIPULATE AMERICAN MONETARY POLICY
July 12, 1999
Mr. Speaker, powerful banks of Europe now control 26 percent of our Federal
Reserve system. Think about it. The banks of Europe control one out of
every four shares of our monetary system.
Unbelievable.
If that is not enough to repossess our Lamborghinis, the same statistics
reflect the following: Japan is now the single largest holder of American
debt.
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. When Europe and Japan can manipulate American
monetary policy, something is wrong, very wrong.
I yield back all of the freebies that Uncle Sam has given to Europe and
Japan since World War II.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DEBATES SHOULD INCLUDE ALL VIABLE CANDIDATES
July 1, 1999
Mr. Speaker, 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 our country.
That is the reason, another reason, why I have reintroduced my bill that
would require that all presidential debates must include every candidate
that has a mathematical chance of winning. They qualify on enough State
ballots. They qualify for matching funds. They give the American people
a choice, and they make the two major party candidates tell us what they
really feel.
I yield back Bullwinkle, and I yield back the fact that the Federal Election
Commission can do this without my bill.
AMERICAN WORKERS ARE GETTING PINK SLIPS
June 30, 1999
Mr. Speaker, 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 cars, American workers
are getting pink slips. Beam me up.
I do not blame General Motors. I blame our trade policy. Our trade policies
are killing jobs and killing investment.
The question I have today: If our trade policy is so good, why does Japan
not do it? Why does China not do it? My colleagues, think about that.
I yield back what manufacturing jobs we have left in America.
AMERICA HAS ANOTHER RECORD TRADE DEFICIT
June 29, 1999
Mr. Speaker, for the third straight month America has another record trade
deficit. China and Japan are now taking $130 billion a year out of our
economy. China and Japan are taking $130 billion a year out of our economy,
and no one in Washington is even paying any attention.
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. While Congress worries about the Balkans, Asia,
Africa, and the Mideast, Congress is ignoring the good old U.S.A. I believe
that is a recipe for disaster.
I yield back what jobs we have left.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW VIOLATIONS COST 10,000 STEELWORKER JOBS
June 23, 1999
Mr. Speaker, over 10,000 steelworkers have lost their jobs because Japan,
Russia, South Korea and China are violating international trade laws.
And after all of that, the White House says, America will not violate
international trade laws, and the White House has helped to kill the import
steel quota bill.
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. There is not one citizen of Japan, Russia, China
or South Korea that voted for this White House crew. Nearly 99 percent
of those steelworkers who lost their job voted for that White House crew.
I think it is time that Uncle Sam requires everybody to heed the law,
but if they are going to break it, by God, we should impose strict import
quotas.
I yield back any manufacturing jobs still left in our country.
COMPANIES MOVING OVERSEAS AND AMERICA IS LOSING JOBS
June 22, 1999
Mr. Speaker, the Hanover Shoe Company of Franklin, West Virginia is moving
overseas. Another 350 jobs going overseas. But the workers have been told,
and I quote, `Do not worry. You will find a job.'
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Every day, good paying manufacturing jobs going
overseas, being replaced by minimum wage service-sector jobs. Enough is
enough. A superpower does not act like a colony.
The sad truth is `made in America' is now street talk for teen pregnancy.
I yield back all the minimum wage part-time jobs without benefits in these
United States of America.
GUNS PREVENT MORE CRIME THAN ANYTHING ELSE
June 16, 1999
Mr. Speaker, I voted for the Brady bill. I voted to ban certain semiautomatic
weapons. I honestly tried to help. But enough is enough. Guns are a two-edge
sword, dangerous for sure, but guns prevent more crime than anything else
in America, and no one is saying it.
Mr. Speaker, armed robbers just do not fear the welcome wagon, and all
the policemen in the world, and I used to be one, may never get there
in time.
I say be careful, Congress. Certainly guns are a symptom of great problems
in America. But guns are not the root causation of all these problems
in America.
KHATAMI HAS THE WHITE HOUSE BUFFALOED
June 15, 1999
Mr. Speaker, the Khatami regime in Iran has arrested 13 Iranian Jews.
They were accused of spying for Israel and the United States of America.
The regime is supposedly seeking the death penalty.
Unbelievable, Mr. Speaker. The White House supports Khatami; the State
Department supports Khatami; in fact, the White House said, and I quote:
`Khatami is a welcome voice of moderation.' Moderation, my ascot.
Beam me up.
Khatami is a brutal killer, a fanatic, a bold-faced liar.
It is time to recognize the Resistance, the National Council of Resistance
in Iran, fighting for democracy, and it is time to set the record straight.
Khatami has the White House buffaloed. He should not buffalo this Congress.
NO FIVE-DAY WAITING PERIOD ON CHINESE NUKES
June 14, 1999
Mr. Speaker, China spies and buys our secrets. Then China points their
missiles at American cities. Now if that is not enough to put trigger
locks on Chinese missiles, a White House spokesman said, and I quote,
`We will grant China swift admission to the World Trade Organization.'
Swift admission no less. Beam me up here. I am firmly convinced those
experts at the White House are smoking dope.
I yield back the fact that there is no 5-day waiting period on Chinese
nukes. Think about that.
KOSOVO PEACE AGREEMENT IS FRAGILE
June 10, 1999
Madam Speaker, 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 George Washington, Congress. But, for sure, ethnic Albanians did not
die for the right to live in a suburb of Belgrade.
Congress was warned in 1986 that without freedom for Kosovo, there will
be no long-lasting peace in the region. I say, `Free Kosovo, protect a
sovereign border, or there will be no long-lasting peace.'
FLAG DAY
June 9, 1999
M adam Speaker, 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.
Beam me up. A people that does not honor and respect their flag is a people
that does not honor and respect their country nor their neighbors.
Monday, June 14th is Flag Day. I say if we want to make a political statement,
we can burn our bras, burn our BVDs, but we should leave Old Glory alone.
Every day should be Flag Day.
AMERICA SHOULD GUARD AMERICAN BORDERS
June 8, 1999
Mr. Speaker, 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, experts now admit it is even possible for terrorists to
smuggle nuclear weapons across our border. And after all this, the White
House wants to send 7,000 American soldiers to guard the borders of Yugoslavia.
Beam me up here. Europe should be guarding the borders of Europe and Yugoslavia.
America should be guarding the borders of America for the American people.
Think about that.
I yield back this weak and foolish national security policy we have in
place.
SLEEPWALKING MURDERER NEEDS TO CATCH A FEW Z'S IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
June 7, 1999
Mr. Speaker, 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.
Unbelievable, Mr. Speaker. Are we to believe that Falater was just dreaming
through his wife's screams? Are we to believe he was just walking in the
park when he stabbed her 44 times?
Beam me up. I say it is time for Scott Falater to sleepwalk down murderer's
row and catch a few Z's right in the electric chair.
Sleep on that, Falater.
CALLING FOR RESIGNATION OF SANDY BERGER
May 25, 1999
Mr. Speaker, the fact is Sandy Berger is our national security advisor.
The fact is Sandy Berger was once China's chief lobbyist in America. The
fact is now there is a hole in our national security so big we could throw
Berger and all our secrets all the way to China nonstop. Beam me up.
I am not accusing Sandy Berger of any wrongdoing. But for the good of
America, Sandy Berger should resign as our national security advisor.
Sandy Berger is very close to China. In Washington, perception becomes
reality.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back any secrets we have left.
TRADE DEFICIT HITS RECORD HIGH
May 24, 1999
Mr. Speaker, another record. For the third straight month, America's trade
deficit is going through the roof. It is now averaging $20 billion a month.
That is 400,000 good-paying American jobs being lost every single month.
It is so bad even Commerce Secretary Daley said America cannot continue
to subsidize the world. Unbelievable. Something stinks.
Why is this administration still coddling to China on MFN and WTO membership?
Enough is enough. America is going bankrupt at warp speed and Uncle Sam
is buying the rocket fuel. I say it is time to get to the bottom of this
action with China. Tell us the truth, White House, before we do not have
a job left.
A NATION THAT BANS GOD IS A NATION THAT OPENS THE DOOR
TO THE DEVIL
May 20, 1999
Mr. Speaker, another school shooting; this time in Georgia. Everyone is
desperately searching for answers. I say the search should stop right
here. Congress must look in the mirror, because in America today our students
can study cults, devil worship, Hitler, but God is banned, banned from
our schools. I say a nation that bans God is a nation that opens the door
to the devil and to the problems that we are facing as a nation.
Congress, it is time to allow God back into our schools, and I further
recommend after all the technicalities we allow God back into our Nation.
AMERICA GIVES, GIVES, GIVES TO RUSSIA
AND RUSSIA TAKES, TAKES, TAKES
May 19, 1999
Mr. Speaker, a classified report says, and I quote, Russia is spying on
NATO and America. The report goes on and says Russia has recruited spies
and is sabotaging our activities in the Balkans. Now, if that is not enough
to scorch your Apache, Russia is passing on our secrets to Milosevic.
Unbelievable. Think about it. America gives, gives, gives to Russia. Russia
takes, takes, takes; then stabs us right in the back.
Beam me up. I say Russia is a bunch of ingrates that should not get one
more penny from Uncle Sam. Finally I say, after the bombing is over, let
Russia go in with their rubles and rebuild Yugoslavia, not Uncle Sam.
CHINA BUILDS SUPER MISSILE USING AMERICAN SECRETS
May 18, 1999
Mr. Speaker, the news is China has built a super missile. The bad news
is experts say the missile was built with American secrets and American
dollars.
Now, if that is not enough to grab our assets and threaten our liberty,
when questioned, the White House said, `no comment.'
Unbelievable, Mr. Speaker. China steals our secrets and the only response
we get is `no comment.'
Beam me up.
It is time for a congressional investigation into this communist China
business. It is time to pass the supplemental and make sure we have an
adequate military, because we certainly have a super threat staring us
right in the eye.
With that, I yield back any backbone we have left.
BRING GOD BACK TO OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR NATION
May 13, 1999
Mr. Speaker, a Federal court ruled in Texas that a school program that
allowed clergy that counsel troubled students was unconstitutional. Another
Federal court ruled that a Florida policy of allowing prayer at graduation
ceremonies was unconstitutional. Unbelievable.
These book-smart, street-stupid judges better look in the mirror of a
troubled America, because it is clear, students can be counseled by convicts
in our schools, not clergy. Students can read about devil worship, not
God. Students can burn a flag at a school, but cannot say a prayer. Beam
me up.
It is time to amend the Constitution of this country and not only bring
God back into the schools, but bring God back into our Nation.
TAXPAYERS ARE STILL TAXED OFF
May 12, 1999
Mr. Speaker, we have taxes on income, death, gifts, investment, fuel and
energy, capital gains. We have excise taxes, surtaxes, retroactive taxes,
old taxes, new taxes. Unbelievable. Is it any wonder the American people
are taxed off?
I say today, tax this. It is time to abolish the IRS, abolish income taxes
and pass the National Retail Sales Tax Plan. It is time to reward work
and savings for a change. Think about that.
I yield back what freedom and liberty we have left as taxpayers.
OUR NUMBER ONE SECURITY THREAT
May 11, 1999
Mr. Speaker, China has accused America of deliberately bombing their embassy
in Yugoslavia. That is unbelievable, and experts cannot believe this.
I am not surprised. In fact, China has always considered America as their
arch enemy.
Let us tell it like it is today:
The bombing of the Chinese embassy was an honest mistake. The Chinese
fallout is no mistake. The reality is evident and clear. The number one
security threat facing the American people is China. I might add it has
been financed with American dollars.
I yield back all the missiles pointed at the United States of America,
Mr. Speaker. Beam me up.
RUSSIA OPPOSES NATO, SUPPORTS MILOSEVIC, DUMPS STEEL ILLEGALLY INTO
THE UNITED STATES AND STILL EXPECTS US TO LOAN THEM ANOTHER $23 BILLION
May 5, 1999
Mr. Speaker, 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 even in 10 years.
How is that to fund the KGB, Congress?
Russia says though, and I quote, Russia still expects America to loan
them another $23 billion to carry on with their reforms.
Beam me up here. I say, `Expect this.'
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the facts that Russia opposes NATO, supports
Milosevic and dumps steel illegally in the United States of America.
RESIDENTS IN NEW YORK BANNED FROM FLYING FLAG
May 4, 1999
Mr. Speaker, 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 holidays allowed. Unbelievable!
The sad fact is in America today we can burn the flag, but we may not
be allowed to fly the flag.
Beam me up. Is it any wonder America is so screwed up?
I yield back the lives of thousands of heroic Americans who gave their
lives in battle while carrying Old Glory into battle.
PRESIDENTIAL ASSAILANT JOHN HINCKLEY VACATIONS ON TAXPAYER DOLLARS
April 29, 1999
Madam Speaker, 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 Bundy.
But despite all of this, a Federal judge ruled that Hinckley is not an
inmate, that Hinckley is a guest and is thus entitled to supervised leave
privileges.
Beam me up. Is it any wonder what is happening to our society? Hinckley,
who shot the President with intent to kill, is now enjoying weekends in
the country. What is next, Disney World?
THE TIME IS NOW FOR PRAYER IN OUR SCHOOLS
April 27, 1999
Mr. Speaker, 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 our schools can
teach about cults, Hitler, and even devil worship is wrong, out of touch,
and needs some common sense.
It is time for Congress to look in the mirror, and it is time for Congress
to allow local school boards to make those decisions.
WE NEED PRAYER, NOT VIOLENCE, IN OUR SCHOOLS
April 21, 1999
Mr. Speaker, I want to associate myself with the remarks of our distinguished
Speaker and his leadership.
We have another school tragedy now in Colorado. Experts are calling for
more money, more police, more counselors, and certainly that would be
a help. But I think there is something else fundamentally missing.
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 school prayer should be strongly considered by this body.
People who pray together are not likely, through history, to kill one
another. I believe it is a reasonable thing to pursue. It may not be the
total answer, but it is a start in the right direction.
Let me remind Members that the Constitution may separate church and state,
but it was never intended to separate God and the American people. We
all pray for the families and grieve for the victims.
AMERICA'S TRADE DEFICIT
April 20, 1999
Mr. Speaker, 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 is not going to stop because of our current Tax Code that
rewards imports. I say it is time to throw out income taxes, throw out
the IRS, and pass the national retail sales tax program. It will reward
our exports.
Let us tell it like it is. Our Tax Code stinks so bad, if we sprayed it
with Chanel No. 5, it would still smell like the Environmental Protection
Agency.
I yield back 400,000 jobs lost last month due to our trade deficit.
IT IS TIME TO ABOLISH OUR TAX CODE AND THROW THE IRS OUT WITH IT
April 15, 1999
Madam Speaker, 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 sucks. It is time
to abolish it and throw the IRS out with it and give serious consideration
to a national retail sales tax. It is time to tell the IRS, tax this.
I yield back the $850 charge of compliance for every man, woman and child
in America for this complex Tax Code we have in place.
THE IMF PROPOSAL TO GIVE RUSSIA MORE MONEY
April 14, 1999
Mr. Speaker, 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 out. The International Monetary Fund announced
today they want to give Russia more money.
Mr. Speaker, I submit, the IMF has brains in their assets.
I yield back all our wasted taxpayer dollars that are going to Russian
fat cats partying with our dollars and not even supporting us in Kosovo.
Members should think about that.
CHINA SHOULD NOT BE ADMITTED TO WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
April 13, 1999
Mr. Speaker, last year Members vowed that China would not violate any
African trade program we passed. Well, guess what, reports quote Chinese
leaders as saying China will set up assembly plants in Africa with Chinese
equipment, Chinese technology and, guess what, Chinese workers as well.
To further quote this madness, they said China is determined to circumvent
any U.S. quotas on Chinese products.
Disgusting. And after all this, certain Members and certain individuals
at the White House still want to admit China to the World Trade Organization.
Beam me up. What is next here, a monument to Mao Tse-tung right in Washington?
I yield back a $200 billion trade deficit that threatens every man, woman
and child in America, as well as our national security.
KOSOVO IS ONE BIG WAR CRIME
April 12, 1999
Mr. Speaker, rape, murder, torture. Kosovo is one big war crime. I say
it is time to indict Slobodan Milosevic for his war crimes. I say it is
time to arm the opposition forces in Kosovo so they can defend themselves.
I say it is time for Europe, yes, Europe, to send in ground troops to
help.
And finally, Mr. Speaker, Milosevic has lost all moral and legal authority
to rule Kosovo. It is time to support and recognize independence for Kosovo.
Members of Congress, we can pay now or Congress and the world can pay
much, much more later.
I yield back all of the crimes of Slobodan Milosevic.
COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE DUMPING IN AMERICA'S MARKETS
March 24, 1999
Mr. Speaker, the U.S. trade deficit is projected to exceed $200 billion
this year. Japan will once again exceed $60 billion in surplus. If that
is not enough to tax your exports, China is expected to take a $70 billion
chunk of money in trade surplus from Uncle Sam. Unbelievable.
Countries all over the world are dumping in our markets. Beam me up, Mr.
Speaker. If our trade policy is so good, why does not Japan do it? Why
does not China do it? Why does not Europe do it?
The truth is, our trade policy is about as effective as tits on a boar
hog.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back our stupidity and I yield back our other cheeks.
CHINA ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR MEMBERSHIP IN WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATION
March 23, 1999
Mr. Speaker, Chinese money must be an aphrodisiac because it seems that
everybody is jumping in bed with the Reds here.
Check it out. Even though China tortures their own citizens, China threatens
their neighbors, and China spies on everybody, China has announced that
they have great support for membership in the World Trade Organization.
In fact, China says, to boot, `Even the United States Trade Representative
supports, number one, lower tariffs for China and, number two, China's
membership in the World Trade Organization.'
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker.
The Trade Representative will not wise up until there is a Red Army tank
shoved right up their foreign policy. I yield back a $70 billion projected
trade deficit with China, who is buying intercontinental ballistic missiles
and pointing them right at us.
USE SOCIAL SECURITY MONEY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY
March 17, 1999
Mr. Speaker, both parties have a plan to save Social Security. Quite frankly,
neither plan is adequate. There is no budget surplus. There is a deficit.
The only surplus that exists is in the Social Security account.
I say it is time to pass an amendment to the Constitution that says Social
Security money can only be used for Social Security and Medicare, and
no politician or no administration could reach in and use that money.
It is not Republicans' money, it is not Democrats' money. It is the people's
money. If we could, in fact, do it for term limits on presidents, and
if we could do it for every other reason that exists, we can protect the
most important account of the American people and save Social Security.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back all the IOUs in the wastebaskets of the Social
Security center.
CHINA WILL STOP AT NOTHING
March 16, 1999
Mr. Speaker, in 1992 a Russian spy who defected to America said China
is determined to destroy America from within. He further said, and I quote,
China would buy or steal our industrial and military secrets. He said
China would buy American politicians. And the Russian spy further said,
and I quote, China will stop at nothing. In spite of all this, China got
for free our missile technology, China got naval bases, and China gets
and continues to get a sweetheart trade deal financing the next major
threat to our sovereignty.
Beam me up. Someone in high places in America is in bed with the Chinese
Red Army and the Chinese Communists.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back a $50-billion-plus trade deficit that threatens
our future.
DO NOT LOAN MONEY TO COUNTRIES WHO VIOLATE OUR TRADE LAWS
March 10, 1999
Check this out, Mr. Speaker. Foreign banks make bad loans to bad companies;
then these foreign banks go belly up. They dial 911 for Uncle Sam, and
Uncle Sam sends them checks for billions of dollars.
Billions to Russia, South Korea, Thailand, and now Brazil. And guess what?
They all have something in common. Each and every one of those countries
violate our trade laws.
Beam me up, Congress. Even Barney Fife can figure this out. If Congress
does not stop this madness, the 1990s will end up looking just like the
Roaring Twenties.
Before we tax our IRAs, I yield back a $200 billion trade deficit in the
international masochist fund.
CHINA CONTINUES TO THREATEN NATIONAL SECURITY
March 9, 1999
Mr. Speaker, even though China threatened to nuke Taiwan, reports say
the White House had planned to sell sophisticated satellites to a group
of `Chinese businessmen.'
Unbelievable. Thank God the Pentagon intervened. According to the New
York Times, this group of Chinese businessmen turned out to be the Red
Army. The Red Army, I say to my colleagues.
I have said it before, and I will say it again. With policies like this,
I believe we should hire a proctologist and assign him to the White House
to do some training with their bureaucrats.
I yield back what national security we have left.
STOP ILLEGAL TRADE
March 4, 1999
Mr. Speaker, take the steel crisis, please. America is being violated
every day, every hour, every minute by illegal trade, and the White House
has done nothing. To make matters even worse, Congress has done nothing.
This is wrong, this is stupid, this is unAmerican. Illegal trade must
be stopped. Congress must grow a backbone.
I yield back 10,000 jobs, 10,000 American jobs already lost in the steel
industry.
THE ONLY SURPLUS IN WASHINGTON
March 3, 1999
Mr. Speaker, who is kidding whom? The only surplus in Washington, D.C.,
is in the Social Security trust fund.
The truth is, Social Security money coming in one door today is going
out the other door tomorrow, because the facts are very clear. The Social
Security trust fund is a big basket full of IOUs. The reason is very simple:
Politicians from both parties have reached in and borrowed money from
the Social Security trust fund and have not repaid it. Billions and billions
of dollars.
Beam me up. Now we are saying Social Security is going to run out of money.
I say not one dime of Social Security should be used for anything but
Social Security.
I yield back any economic common sense that may be left down here.
RUSSIA IS USING U.S. MONEY TO BUILD MISSILES
March 2, 1999
Mr. Speaker, Uncle Sam gives billions to Russia. Russia builds missiles
with our money. Russia then illegally dumps steel in America, destroying
jobs in industry. Uncle Sam gives Russia more billions to stop the dumping.
Russia then takes this money and builds more missiles. This is no joke.
The Pentagon says Russia has developed a new missile they call invincible
because no system can stop it.
Beam me up here, ladies and gentlemen. Russian economy is so bad they
cannot buy toilet paper, but they are building missiles threatening our
freedom with our dollars. This is unbelievable.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back all the bureaucrats who are sitting on their
brains here in Washington, D.C.
AN AMERICA THAT TOLERATES CAPITAL CRIME WILL CONTINUE TO
EXPERIENCE IT
February 24, 1999
Mr. Speaker, last year John William King and two accomplices kidnapped
James Byrd, Jr. They tied Byrd to the back of a pickup truck, and they
dragged Byrd to his death. Byrd's body was shredded to pieces. He was
literally decapitated.
Yesterday, the jury convicted King. Today, they decide the sentence. I
say a capital crime warrants a capital offense and, thus, is a capital
punishment sentence.
An America that tolerates such crime will continue to experience it. I
say the sentence should be very clear to all Americans. Good night, sweet
prince. Let us not tolerate it in America.
I yield back the air-conditioning, the law library, and the three square
meals to the taxpayers.
WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES RECERTIFICATION OF MEXICO AS COOPERATING PARTNER
IN WAR ON DRUGS
February 23, 1999
Mr. Speaker, a government report says last year not one major drug dealer
was arrested in Mexico. Last year, seizures of drugs and arrests for drugs
in Mexico declined. Last year, they say nearly all of the drugs and narcotics
sold on the streets of America come from Mexico.
Think about it. America is drowning in cocaine and heroin; and, after
all that, the White House has announced they will once again certify Mexico
as a full cooperating partner in our war on drugs.
Beam me up here.
Mexico is a partner all right, with Colombian drug dealers, not with Uncle
Sam, and this tough love policy is just not working. Ladies and gentlemen
of Congress, there is no war on drugs without the help of the military
at our border. It is time to get on to that discussion.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back all the addiction, death and health care costs
in our country.
BAN ILLEGAL TRADE RESTRICTIONS
February 11, 1999
Madam Speaker, the trade rep says, don't worry, Congress, we are going
to GATT over steel. Wow.
Check this out. Three years ago Europe blocked American beef. Then Europe
blocked American bananas. Uncle Sam went to GATT. GATT ruled in our favor.
Europe laughed in their face. GATT says, go to the World Trade Organization.
We went to the WTO. The WTO ruled in our favor.
Europe laughed in their faces. Then they appealed. Three years later,
Uncle Sam is being advised to go back to GATT on bananas and beef.
Beam me up. Rip Van Winkel is faster than GATT. America's sovereignty
is not predicated on the WTO, Madam Speaker. When it comes to illegal
trade, we should never manage it, we should ban it.
JAPAN ILLEGALLY DUMPS STEEL IN AMERICA
February 10, 1999
Mr. Speaker, after World War II Japanese officials were given tours of
our steel mills. They were allowed to take photographs. They were further
given blueprints of our machinery and technology. Then America gave Japan
loans to build steel mills. When Japan could not repay the loans, they
were forgiven from the goodness of our hearts.
Now, if that is not enough to massage your subdural hematoma, check this
out. Japan today is illegally, let me say this again, is illegally dumping
steel in America, destroying our companies, destroying American jobs.
Unbelievable.
Japan has steel mills, we have photographs. Japan has surplus, we have
deficits. Beam me up. Free trade is one thing. Illegal trade is illegal
trade, Mr. Speaker.
FDA MISGUIDED ON PRIORITIES
February 9, 1999
Mr. Speaker, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a new-state-of-the-art
antidepressant for dogs. The FDA says `American canines are suffering
from anxiety.'
Think about it, no barking beagles, no more whining weimaraners, no more
defecating
Dobermans.
Meanwhile, the FDA continues to deny approval for certain cancer-treating
drugs to help mom and dad.
Beam me up. It is evident that the FDA has gone to the dogs. What is next,
Viagra for felines?
I yield back all the misguided priorities of the Food and Drug Administration.
BRIDGE TO THE 21ST CENTURY MADE OUT OF BANANA PEELS
February 3, 1999
Madam Speaker, our Trade Representative said, and I quote: `We going to
the mat.'
The trade rep said they will ask the White House to impose strict tariffs
and sanctions on European goods over bananas.
That is right, bananas. Think about it. While Uncle Sam is prepared to
wage a trade war over
bananas, 10,000 steelworkers, 10,000, are receiving unemployment compensation.
Your workers, my workers, standing in unemployment lines, losing their
homes, losing their jobs, and the White House is roaring like a titmouse
over bananas.
Beam me up, ladies and gentlemen. What has happened to this country? I
yield back all the tanks, submarines, and certainly this new bridge to
the 21st Century, that will be made now out of banana peels.
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