[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 22, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H8932]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 $13,000 TOILETS BUILT BY PARK SERVICE

  (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 U.S. Park Service built a $500,000 
outhouse. That is right. This Taj Mahal has a slate roof, a porch, and 
a cobblestone foundation. The paint cost $80 a gallon. The wildflower 
seed was $720 a pound.
  Unbelievable. To boot, it is earthquake proof, able to withstand the 
shock of 6.5 on the Richter, either from without or within.
  Mr. Speaker, if that is not enough to warm your globe, there is no 
running water and the special high-technology self-composting toilets 
cost $13,000 each. The Park Service said, ``We tried to cut costs 
desperately.''
  Mr. Speaker, I have a suggestion. Why do they not cut those $13,000 
toilets in half to better accommodate all those half-passed bureaucrats 
at the U.S. Park Service?

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