[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 604]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            FURBYS CITED AS THREAT TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY

  (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 President is on trial, we are bombing 
Baghdad, Kosovo is in turmoil, and the American steel industry is 
literally being raped.
  After all this, the National Security Agency has designated a new 
major threat to our Republic, the furby; that is right, this furby 
cyberpet, that stands 4 inches tall and sells for $30, has just been 
designated as the next great threat to our freedom.
  Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Beam me up. I say, the only threat these 
furbys really pose is they seem to appear to be much smarter than the 
bungling nincompoops at the National Security Agency. I recommend, for 
$30 a smack, here, that we hire furbys and fire those bureaucrats. 
Think about that one. Furby this, James Bond.

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