[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 120 (Wednesday, September 15, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H8293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       FEAR AND INTIMIDATION HAVE NO PLACE IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

  (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, last year under oath the IRS admitted in 
testimony ``We use fear and intimidation to make Americans pay their 
taxes.'' That is right, fear.
  It is not just the IRS. Take Waco. Waco is about a group of 
Americans, good, bad, or indifferent, who defied the government. They 
stood up to the government and the government crushed them. The 
government crushed them, to send a message.
  What was that message, Mr. Speaker? They had better fear the 
government. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Fear is an ugly four-letter word. 
It has no place in American government. I yield back all the fear and 
intimidation of our government agencies.

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