[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 26, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: January 26, 1994]
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                    ``THREE STRIKES AND YOU'RE OUT''

  (Mr. VOLKMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, today I introduced an anticrime bill that 
is aimed at curbing the rising tide of crime in this country by getting 
our most violent criminals and drug dealers off the streets for good. 
My legislation is a ``three strikes and you're out'' bill that will put 
violent criminals and drug dealers away for life--no exceptions--if 
they have three felony convictions. Every law-abiding American is sick 
and tired of hearing horror stories of convicted violent felons 
released on parole committing unspeakable acts of violence and drug 
dealers getting off easy. Our inability to keep the most violent felons 
and drug dealers in jail is a serious problem that we must address now. 
President Clinton strongly supports ``three strikes and you're out'' 
and so do many of our colleagues. Let us act now and send a strong 
message to murderers and drug dealers that we will not tolerate this 
any longer. Let's make ``three strikes and you're out'' the law of the 
land.

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