[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 20 (Tuesday, March 1, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 1, 1994]
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                        WHERE IS THE CRIME BILL?

  (Mr. CLEMENT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLEMENT. Mr. Speaker, where is the crime bill? I do not know of 
anything on people's minds more than crime today, the fear people have 
in their homes, the senseless, brutal killings, violence in our 
schools, physical assaults, drive-by shootings. I hear that over and 
over and over again.
  The other body has already voted on it last year. I know I ask, and I 
know the President of the United States asks, and many other Members 
ask, to have the opportunity to vote on a crime bill. We ought to have 
the opportunity to vote on it this week and not wait another week.
  The President has pleaded with this House of Representatives, as 
others have as well.
  Mr. Speaker, I believe a majority of Members are ready to consider a 
strong crime legislation. Let us not wait until the calendar gets so 
crowded with so many other important issues that we are prevented from 
full and open debate.
  The House needs to act, and it needs to act now for the sake of all 
Americans fearful that criminals are close to taking control.
  Mr. Speaker, please schedule anticrime legislation, and let us do it 
now.

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