[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 103 (Thursday, June 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6208]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY

  (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, before the House institutes instant 
replay, I would like to talk about the Constitution in another way. 
Under the Constitution, an American citizen once accused shall be 
considered innocent and the accuser shall be held accountable for the 
credibility and reliability of those accusations and shall bear the 
burden of proof.
  It is simple. It is logical. It is fair. It is American. It is right 
to the point.
  Tell me, Mr. Speaker, when did the Washington bureaucrats reach into 
the Constitution and in a tax case allow the IRS to treat the American 
people like indentured servants, like criminals, like noncitizens, like 
chattel. Unbelievable.
  H.R. 390 says, any time an American taxpayer is in a court over a tax 
proceeding, they shall be considered innocent, and the IRS shall have 
the burden of proof. That is simple. That is logical. That is fair. By 
God, that is American.
  If we want to talk about the people's business, let us pass H.R. 390.

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