[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7835]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   PRESIDENTIAL ASSAILANT JOHN HINCKLEY VACATIONS ON TAXPAYER DOLLARS

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Madam Speaker, John Hinckley shot President Reagan 
with intent to kill. He was acquitted by reason of insanity and 
confined to a hospital where after a routine search they found 
correspondence between Hinckley and mass murderers Charles Manson and 
Ted Bundy.
  But despite all of this, a Federal judge ruled that Hinckley is not 
an inmate, that Hinckley is a guest and is thus entitled to supervised 
leave privileges.
  Beam me up. Is it any wonder what is happening to our society? 
Hinckley, who shot the President with intent to kill, is now enjoying 
weekends in the country. What is next, Disney World?
  I yield back the tragic ordeal of James Brady and the two policemen 
also shot by this bum now vacationing on taxpayer dollars.




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