[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 65 (Wednesday, May 20, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H3492]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    SUPPORT H.R. 692 TO APPOINT INDEPENDENT COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE 
                         GOVERNMENT WRONGDOING

  (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, Federal agents killed his dog, they 
killed his 14-year-old son, and they killed his wife. Federal agents 
said they did not like his politics.
  Randy Weaver is a white separatist. My colleagues do not like his 
politics, I do not like Weaver's politics either, but that is no reason 
for the government to gun down his family.
  Let me tell my colleagues something. This does not sound like the FBI 
of Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. This sounds like the KGB of Joseph Stalin.
  To make matters worse, a Federal judge dropped all charges against 
the FBI agent who shot Vicky Weaver right between the eyes while 
clutching her infant son. Shame, my colleagues. Congress, the Justice 
Department investigates themselves and then they cover their assets 
every time.
  We are a bunch of fools. It is time to put our government in order. 
Support H.R. 692 and put an independent counsel on these types of 
cases. Shame, Congress. No American family should be gunned down.

                          ____________________