[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 28, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H446]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     THE IRS CAN NOW RAID CHURCHES

  (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, imagine a raid by 150 policemen. Was it a 
mob bust in Russia? No.
  Was it a drug warehouse in China? No.
  It was a church in Indianapolis. That is right. The Internal Revenue 
Service raided a Baptist Church seizing the pastor, and, in fact, 
removing the pastor by force. Unbelievable.
  Now, everyone knows there is two sides to every story. Think about 
it. In America, you cannot pray in school, but now, the IRS can raid 
churches. Beam me up. America is going to hell in a hand basket. I 
yield back the Gestapo attitude that just keeps growing in our Federal 
Government.

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