[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21676]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



           SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF NUCLEAR COMPONENTS MISSING

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. According to news reports, the Department of Energy 
cannot find substantial amounts of plutonium and uranium. The plutonium 
and uranium were, according to a Department spokesman, either loaned 
out to research groups or, quite simply, it was ``just the fault of 
sloppy bookkeeping.''
  Unbelievable. It appears that these two powerful components of 
nuclear destruction are being regulated as well as condoms at a Vegas 
brothel.
  Beam me up here.
  I yield back the need to find these lost items, before bin Laden 
delivers them to our front lawn.

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