[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 26 (Thursday, February 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1468]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


    INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION TO REDIRECT FOREIGN AID TO AMERICANS

  (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, Congress borrows money from Japan and 
Germany and then Congress pays interest on that borrowed money to Japan 
and Germany. Then Congress takes that borrowed money and gives it back 
to Japan and Germany to protect them.
  Now we give money, our borrowed money to Germany to protect them from 
an invasion from Russia. But then we give money to Russia so that 
Russia does not have to invade Germany.
  If any of this makes sense, beam me up. The only good thing about it, 
evidently, is that the Russians could not overwhelm the Capitol Police.
  But the bottom line is we borrow money to help everybody all over the 
world, but we cannot come up with money to help our own people. I have 
a little bill, H.R. 782. It would take $5 billion of foreign aid and 
transfer it to revenue sharing for cities and counties.
  I think Members should take a look at that, Democrats at least.

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