[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 44 (Wednesday, April 20, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 20, 1994]
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                               CRIME BILL

  (Mrs. KENNELLY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, so often when you pickup the Washington 
Post in the morning there is a story about a horrible crime committed 
the night before. And, unfortunately, crime has become a fairly common 
story in my hometown paper, the Hartford Courant, as well.
  There is no easy solution to crime, no simple way to eliminate the 
fear that so many people live with. But the bill we have been 
considering offers hope. It offers the tools we need to attack crime 
head on. It talks about punishment and prevention and rehabilitation. 
And one of the most important provisions in this bill is one to place 
50,000 more police officers on the streets.
  Community policing is an effective weapon in the war on crime, but 
most police departments across the country face manpower shortages and 
budgets which are stretched too thin. We need to send them 
reinforcements, so police can be placed where they are needed most.
  The families of our Nation have talked to all of us. They are 
concerned about crime, worried about their children's safety. We must 
put our differences aside and pass this crime bill. This bill is 
historical. For the first time Federal law has addressed violence 
against women. Fact, a child that observes violence is 700 times more 
apt to be an abusive adult.

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