[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 35 (Friday, February 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    FOREIGN AID: SUICIDE FOR AMERICA

  (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, the No. 1 terrorist nation in the world 
is Iran, and Iran's No. 1 hated enemy is America, and Iran has been 
trying to build a nuclear weapon for years.
  Now, America's newest friend is Russia, and America gives Russia $12 
billion. And that buys an awful lot of vodka for old Boris, you know. 
But evidently Russia is going to take some of that $12 billion and 
build four nuclear reactors in Iran, but Russia says, ``It's for 
peaceful purposes.'' Peaceful? Tell me, is a nuclear attack on 
Jerusalem a peaceful purpose?
  Ladies and gentlemen of Congress, if Iran can kill 240 Marines with a 
car bomb, what will they do with a nuclear bomb?
  Beam me up. I think if we are going to cut the budget, let us cut 
that $12 billion. This is not foreign aid. This is foreign suicide for 
America and America's friends.

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