[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 35 (Thursday, March 24, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 24, 1994]
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     REPUBLICANS ACCUSED OF STALLING ON CONSIDERATION OF CRIME BILL

  (Mr. VISCLOSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, thanks to the work of President Clinton 
and a Democratic Congress the northwest Indiana district I represent 
now has 1 million extra Federal dollars to put more police officers on 
the streets to fight crime.
  To build on the Federal funding for more police officers, the 
Democrats have formulated a really tough bill that will get criminals 
off the streets and prevent crime before it happens.
  Unfortunately for the American people, the Republicans would rather 
play politics than fight crime.
  Instead of considering the tough crime bill today, the Republicans 
have decided that they would rather stall consideration instead of 
making our streets safer. This is a flashback to the Republican 
gridlock of the 1980's.
  Mr. Speaker, how many more innocent Americans will be victimized 
while the Republicans filibuster the crime bill?
  How many more people will be murdered, mugged, assaulted, and ripped-
off before the Republicans end their filibuster and allow passage of a 
really tough crime bill.
  It is clear that people in Gary, IN, and across this Nation do not 
have the time to wait for these questions to be answered. We need to 
pass the crime bill now.

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