THE IRS CAN NOW RAID CHURCHES -- 
(House of Representatives - February 28, 2001)

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   (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, imagine a raid by 150 
policemen. Was it a mob bust in Russia? No. 

   Was it a drug warehouse in China? No. 

   It was a church in Indianapolis. That is right. The 
Internal Revenue Service raided a Baptist Church seizing 
the pastor, and, in fact, removing the pastor by force. 
Unbelievable. 

   Now, everyone knows there is two sides to every story. 
Think about it. In America, you cannot pray in school, but 
now, the IRS can raid churches. Beam me up. America is 
going to hell in a hand basket. I yield back the Gestapo 
attitude that just keeps growing in our Federal Government.