[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 44 (Wednesday, April 20, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 20, 1994]
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                AMERICA NEEDS A CONGRESS WITH A BACKBONE

  (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, my bill, H.R. 3261, will change the 
burden of proof in a tax case. Under current law, taxpayers are guilty, 
guilty and have to prove they are innocent. A mass murderer is innocent 
until proven guilty, but not mom and dad, unbelievable. But what is 
more troubling are the numbers of Members that say they support it but 
are afraid to get involved, afraid to get involved.
  If Congress lost its backbone, what do you think is happening to the 
American taxpayers? We ought to be ashamed of ourselves. It is a sad 
day when a 125-pound woman named Mary Matalin of Equal Time displays 
more courage than many of the Members of this body.
  It is time to get back to the Constitution. Sign discharge petition 
number 12, and if Mary Matalin can take the heat, Members of Congress 
can take the heat. Find a backbone, Congress, find a backbone.

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