[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 121 (Tuesday, July 25, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H7561]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    LET US GET TO THE TRUTH ON WACO

  (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, Federal agents say that cult leaders in 
Waco were liars, and that may be true. But something does not add up. 
It is now known that Federal officials came to learn that their so-
called surprise raid had been leaked. They were expected to show at the 
compound. They knew that the surprise element was gone. That raid had 
danger and escalation written all over it like a neon sign, yet they 
sent in the troops. Four agents were killed.
  Now, let us tell it like it is. Those cult leaders may have been 
liars, but those Federal agents and leaders have been lying through 
their teeth, stone cold lying through their teeth. They knew what was 
happening. They are lying to the American people, and Congress should 
not allow it.
  From Potts down, this thing stinks. You know it. I know it. The 
American people know it.
  Let us get to the truth.

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