[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 40 (Thursday, April 14, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 14, 1994]
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                       SUPPORT FOR THE CRIME BILL

  (Mr. CLYBURN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, during the 2-week break, I found from my 
constituents a considerable anxiety about crime and its consequences. 
They led me to believe that crime and its consequences are first and 
foremost on their minds.
  Many of them are afraid to attend church gatherings or family picnics 
and feel like prisoners in their own homes.
  This week we begin debate on the most comprehensive crime bill ever. 
This bill accomplishes the three things I think are important:
  First, it sends a signal to those who would be criminals that their 
antisocial behavior will no longer be tolerated.
  Second, it provides those to whom we have given the responsibility of 
keeping our streets and homes safe and secure the tools they need to 
carry out their jobs.
  Third, it accomplishes or allocates about 50 percent of all of its 
resources to prevention and education; and it balances the scales of 
justice with its habeas corpus protections and the racial justice act.
  Mr. Speaker, this bill deserves our support, and I think that all of 
us ought to vote for it.

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