[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H8472]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   PRESIDENT RELEASES FALN TERRORISTS

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, last week the President of the United States 
released the FALN terrorists from prison onto the streets. These 
terrorists committed heinous crimes and were convicted of robbery, 
sedition, and conspiracy. We even have pictures of them actually making 
bombs. The President somehow trusts these terrorists that they will now 
do the right thing.
  Mr. Speaker, when it comes to the American taxpayers deciding for 
themselves how to spend their own money, the President does not trust 
them. The President prefers to continue letting the bureaucracy in 
Washington dictate how Americans' hard-earned money is spent.
  This is what President Clinton said earlier this year: ``So the 
question is, what do we do with the surplus? We could give it all back 
and hope you spend it right.''
  How about that? The President can only hope the American people would 
do the right thing. That is outrageous, Mr. Speaker. The President 
trusts FALN terrorists. He trusts the federal bureaucracy here in 
Washington. But he does not trust the American people with their own 
money.
  What is next? The Unabomber on the street?

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