[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14957]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     ST. LOUIS ALDERMAN'S DECISION

  (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, politicians have always been known for 
gas, but a St. Louis alderman had to make an important decision. In the 
midst of a heated debate, she had to urinate. Now if that is not enough 
to threaten a filibuster, the Member said, and I quote, ``Rather than 
leave the Chamber, my staff surrounded me with blankets,'' and Mr. 
Speaker, the rest is history. The woman did void.
  Unbelievable. What is next? Chamber port-a-potties? How about window 
urinals? Beam me up. I yield back the fact that when taxpayers say 
politics stink they are not talking about the Roto-Rooter man.

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