[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 25 (Wednesday, March 9, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 9, 1994]
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THOUGHTS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BUDGET BILL AND THE CRIME BILL

  (Mr. SCHIFF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, we are expected this week to begin debate on 
budget resolutions for the next fiscal year's financial spending and 
revenue plans. This week also various subcommittees of the House 
Committee on the Judiciary, of which I am a Member, plan to begin 
taking up the crime bill.
  Now, the important relationship between the two is that in the 
administration's proposed budget for the next fiscal year, the 
administration proposes to reduce the number of Federal personnel 
devoted to fighting violent crime. The administration proposes to 
reduce the number of personnel in the criminal division of the 
Department of Justice. The administration proposes to reduce the number 
of Federal criminal prosecutors in the States. The administration 
proposes to reduce the number of personnel in the FBI and the Drug 
Enforcement administration.
  Interestingly enough, the Administration proposes to increase the 
number of personnel assigned to the antitrust division of the 
Department of Justice. Now, of course, I have nothing against the 
antitrust division of the Department of Justice, but when the President 
of the United States came into this Chamber to deliver the State of the 
Union Address, he did not say that the American people were fearful of 
being mugged by a bunch of antitrust violators. He personally referred 
to violent offenders, and that is where the personnel should be 
increased, not decreased.

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