[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 14, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H882]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TIME TO STOP THE GRAVY TRAIN TO COMMUNISTS

  (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, news reports say China and Russia will 
sign a treaty opposing U.S. policy. China and Russia say, and I quote: 
``America is too powerful and we must stymie their missile shield.''
  Now, if that is not enough to spike our vodka, we give Russia 
billions of dollars a year in aid. China now takes at least $10 billion 
a month out of the American trade surplus. Some experts say it is as 
high as $20 billion a month.
  Mr. Speaker, we have a trade deficit of $40 billion a month. Think 
about it. It is time to stop this gravy train to these Communist pimps, 
so help me; half a trillion dollars a year, and they have missiles 
pointed at us.
  I yield back the fact that America, with a half a trillion dollars in 
trade deficit, is an America looking at a financial disaster.

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