[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 39 (Thursday, March 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2494]
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                            NICHOLAS LEESON

  (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, Nick Leeson, a 28-year-old common man, 
now known as Tricky Nicky, single-handedly bankrupted the Barings Bank 
of England. This is no ordinary bank. This bank financed the Louisiana 
Purchase and is known as the bank of kings and queens. Now, evidently, 
Mr. Speaker, the security at Barings was out for a spot of tea. But 
this is an unusual case, Mr. Speaker.
  In the past, only millionaires and bankers and kings and queens could 
sting a bank. Not anymore. Evidently the common man has moved up from 
robbing the drug stores and the gas station and is now an equal member 
in the white collar advanced crime network opportunity program, my 
colleagues.
  I said it all along, Mr. Speaker. Thanks to Tricky Nicky, we have 
come to see one thing. There is hope for the common man. After all, I 
never heard of the common man committing suicide by jumping out of a 
basement window. Think about that awhile. Maybe there is some hope 
left.


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