[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 45 (Thursday, April 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 21, 1994]
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                    DO NOT DELAY THE ANTICRIME BILL

  (Mr. TUCKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TUCKER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 4092.
  Mr. Speaker, this is not a crime bill. It is an anticrime bill.
  Our Republican counterparts would have us believe that this needs to 
be stalled, and it needs to be looked at again and reviewed, but, Mr. 
Speaker, the only crime would be if we delay 1 more minute.
  Every survey from the east coast to the west coast is unanimous in 
its indictment of the fact that crime is the No. 1 problem in this 
country. The people of this country want this Congress right now to do 
something about it.
  If not now, then when? And if not this body, then who?
  We must do this today. We must pass this crime bill that is not only 
tough in its penalties and in its expansion of increased penalties, but 
is smart. It uses prevention money and education and substance abuse 
money so we can get to the root causes of crime.
  Mr. Speaker, this crime bill, anticrime bill, is not only punishment 
tough but prevention smart, and the only prevention that we need to 
avoid today is preventing this bill to pass.

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