[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 27, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1261]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       UNCLE SAM RIPPED OFF AGAIN

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, McDonnell-Douglas, the giant defense 
contractor, once again has ripped off Uncle Sam big time.
  Check this out: For a 4- by 7-inch door hook, $9,000; a 2- by 4-inch 
hinge, $1,090; a small 4-inch handle, aluminum handle, $1,200. Reports 
say they charge in excess of 56 times the normal legal rate.
  And after all this, McDonnell-Douglas says, ``This is a mistake. We 
are very sorry.'' Mr. Speaker, beam me up. This is no mistake. This is 
a crime, and the criminals so responsible, that is right, criminals 
should go right to jail.
  Mr. Speaker, ``sorry'' don't cut it. At least it should not.
  Yield back the balance of all this ripoff.

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