[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 165 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H10645]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TIME TO LOOK AT THE UNITED NATIONS

  (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, it is time to take a look at the United 
Nations. It is bad enough American troops have served under the command 
of the United Nations, but now the United Nations is talking about a 
world tax. The United Nations wants the power to tax currency 
transactions and arms sales. Beam me up here, Mr. Speaker. Congress 
better wake up.
  The last I heard, Members of Congress swear an oath to the 
Constitution of the United States, not to the charter of the United 
Nations. George Washington once warned Congress about foreign 
entanglements. I say here today, the United Nations is the mother of 
all foreign entanglements. Boutros-Boutros Ghali may be the Secretary 
General of the United Nations, but deep down, I do not think he is a 
fan or that much of a friend of the United States to start with. Wake 
up, Congress. This has gone too far.

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