[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 17 (Thursday, February 24, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 24, 1994]
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                        THE RUSSIAN BEAR RETURNS

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, there are unconfirmed intelligence 
reports that Boris Yeltsin is seriously ill, he is drinking heavily, 
and he is really not in control of anything over there in Russia. These 
reports suggest that if we are predicating reform in Russia on the back 
of Boris Yeltsin, we may be in for some deep trouble.
  They say that this most recent spy revelation is not just a rogue 
element, and Congress should not dispel this recent event very 
casually. The truth of the matter, they say, is that the bear is still 
there, and before we in Congress fall on our swords and continue to 
provide more taxpayer money to Russia and Boris Yeltsin, we may not be 
necessarily helping to secure the sovereignty and the national security 
of the United States of America.
  I would suggest to the Congress that not one more nickel go to Russia 
until we find out, No. 1, who is really running Russia, and how many of 
these cold warriors in the KGB are still running around bribing our 
people.

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