[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 8, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H8636]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              COINCIDENCE

  (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, Patricia Mendoza heckled the President; 
she got audited. Kent Brown sued the First Lady; he got audited. The 
National Center for Public Policy criticized the White House; they got 
audited. Billy Dale got the White House mad; he got audited. Paula 
Jones refused a cash settlement; she got audited.
  If that is not enough to tax your disgust, Shelly Davis, the author 
of Unbridled Power, who testified about IRS abuses before the Senate, 
got a notice in the mail yesterday; she is being audited.
  Unbelievable. After all this, an IRS spokesman said, coincidence, all 
coincidence. I say, Mr. Speaker, the IRS has turned into a bunch of 
political prostitutes.
  I want to apologize to all the hookers in America for having 
associated them with the IRS. I say beam me up, dot com, coincidence 
this.

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