[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15097]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 LUCRATIVE NEW BUSINESS: BODY BROKERING

  (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, the stock market fell 101 points, 2 
percent of its total value. Everybody is making a lot of excuses.
  The truth of the matter is America has become a paper tiger. Check 
this out: One of the most lucrative new businesses in America is body 
brokering. That is right, selling cadavers, dead bodies, for up to 
$1,500.
  Think about it, it is getting to the point the only way to make a 
living in America is over someone's dead body.
  But if you are not surprised about that, what is the big surprise, 
folks? When an American needs a Ph.D. just to figure out the first page 
of the tax code, you know something is screwed up. I wonder how the 
Labor Department is going to classify this new profession: Human 
resource procurement specialist? I guarantee there will be five or six 
jobs that will be assigned as definitions to body brokering jobs.
  Beam me up, Mr. Speaker.

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