[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 136 (Monday, September 26, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: September 26, 1994]
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                       ON SAMMY THE BULL GRAVANO

  (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, Sammy the Bull Gravano is a mobster, and 
he is a mobster that killed 20 people. But Sammy the Bull turned faint 
for the Federal Government. That is just street language. He helped 
convict about 30 people. The Government said because he was so good 
they might consider the 4 years he spent in prison as enough penalty 
for helping them convict these 30 people.
  My colleagues, Sammy the Bull Gravano is a mobster that killed 20 
people. He deserves the death penalty and we do not even know if he is 
telling the truth about these other people who may not even be as bad 
as he is. But in America, what is the message we send here, folks? In 
America you can murder; you can loan shark; you can pimp; you can push 
drugs. But if you cut a deal with Uncle Sam, you could go scot-fee. 
Unbelievable.
  Members, Sammy the Bull Gravano should be put to death. After the 
Kennedy assassination, I am one Member that is not so sure who the real 
mob is anymore. It may be the Government.

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