[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H8471]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       NEW WORLD BILL COLLECTORS

  (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.N. says we owe them a billion 
dollars and if we do not pay we will lose our vote. The U.N. also said 
they accepted three new member countries. All three are smaller than 
the hometowns of my colleagues. One has 8,000 people.
  Now, if that is not enough to tax our peacekeeping, check this out. 
These three countries will have three votes. We will still have one 
vote.
  Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. The truth is the United Nations owes Uncle 
Sam $6 billion for saving their international assets year in and year 
out.
  I say it is time for Congress to tell these New World bill collectors 
to shove their debt up their charter. Think about that.
  I yield back the big vote we will lose at the United Nations.

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