[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 35 (Thursday, March 24, 1994)]
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                     A CALL FOR A TOUGH CRIME BILL

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Madam Speaker, the American people want a tough crime 
bill as my friend, the gentleman from Sanibel, FL [Mr. Goss], said.
  On August 4, we Republicans introduced a crime bill and we have been 
working tenaciously to try and bring it forward.
  Madam Speaker, it has been indicated that if we delay this process, 
there are going to be tremendous crimes inflicted on human beings 
throughout this country. The fact of the matter is the gentleman from 
New York [Mr. Solomon], the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. Quillen], the 
gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss], and I were ready to stay last night 
up in the Committee on Rules to report out a rule that could bring this 
crime bill to the floor today. Tragically, what we have seen is nothing 
but parties and politics. We have seen the politics which has been 
trying to water down this bill, and last night we saw the party at the 
White House do everything possible to ensure that we would delay the 
process.
  Let us bring the crime bill foward immediately so we can get this 
action that we need.

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