[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 144 (Monday, October 12, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10564]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              IMF FUNDING

  (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 White House said, give the 
International Monetary Fund $18 billion more, or we will shut the 
government down. Take it and like it, Congress. Shut up and pass it, 
Congress.
  Enough is enough. When will the Congress grow a backbone? What is 
going on here, Mr. Speaker? I say if that is the deal, shut the 
government down. You know not one American will be hurt. We can 
retroactively take care of them. But I am not for one more penny for 
the international monetary slush fund.
  We give them the money. They buy Chinese products with it. Foreign 
leaders steal it, and then they vote against us at the United Nations 
90 percent of the time.
  Beam me up. If we are going to flush another $18 billion down the 
toilet, then push the handle, Congress, and flush it in America.
  I yield back the balance of anything worth flushing with the 
International Monetary Fund.

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