[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 45 (Wednesday, April 16, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1546]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    EMERGENCY FOREIGN AID TO RUSSIA

  (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, in 1994 Boris Yeltsin fell off a stage in 
Germany. He then was unable to get off a plane in Ireland. He then was 
on his way to a summit meeting where he begged for emergency foreign 
aid; and the White House complied, giving Boris and Russia $12 billion 
in foreign aid and millions more to build houses for Russian soldiers.
  In 1994, Boris, to get the money, promised no more weapons sales to 
Iran. Records now show that with American dollars Boris built planes, 
tanks, missiles and helicopters and sold them to Iran.
  Beam me up here, Mr. Speaker. The only thing we should be sending 
Boris is a counselor from Alcoholics Anonymous.
  The truth is, under the weight of all that emergency cash Congress, 
Boris has fallen and he cannot get up. And if we have any money left 
over, let us use it in America, not Russia.
  Think about that. And I yield back the balance of any money left over 
from these Ruskies.

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