[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 113 (Thursday, July 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H6918-H6919]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       SMOKING GUN ON RUBY RIDGE

  (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, let us look at the facts:

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  The FBI shot and killed Randy Weaver's unarmed son. The FBI then shot 
and wounded Randy Weaver. The FBI then shot and killed Randy Weaver's 
unarmed wife while holding her infant son, shot her right between the 
eyes. Now reports say that the FBI destroyed documents to conceal the 
incident of Ruby Ridge.
  Did anyone really believe the FBI would leave a smoking gun on Ruby 
Ridge? It is unbelievable, my colleagues.
  The bottom line here is the FBI says they made a mistake. I say the 
FBI committed felonies and committed a crime on Ruby Ridge. Since when 
did the Congress of the United States empower the FBI to first entrap 
and then shoot down and kill unarmed American families?
  The remains of the Weaver family are screaming out from graves for 
justice, and Congress is turning its back. Let us investigate Ruby 
Ridge, and let us let the FBI answer to the people, the Constitution, 
and the Congress of the United States of America.

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