[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 45 (Thursday, April 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 21, 1994]
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                               CRIME BILL

  (Mr. BISHOP asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BISHOP. Mr. Speaker, I want to extend a word of bereavement to 
the family of Army Capt. Patrick McKenna of Columbus, GA. Captain 
McKenna was killed last Thursday in the friendly fire accident in the 
Iraqi no-fly zone. He will be buried this weekend at Fort Benning with 
full honors. His friends and family are in our prayers and thoughts as 
he goes to rest.
  In order to restore sanity and security to the streets of America, I 
strongly support a tough and fair anticrime package that offers a 
balance between punishment and prevention.
  Congress must provide the people with the necessary weapons to combat 
drug dealers, gang leaders, robbers, rapists and murderers.
  Community-based policing, reinforced with more law officers and more 
resources for drug treatment, buttresses our effort to win this war.
  Also, deeply rooted in any crime prevention initiative are measures 
that promote family values, education and job training.
  I strongly support a crime package that throws three-time convicted 
violent felons in jail for life and adds more Federal crimes to the 
death penalty list.
  We must protect ourselves, our families, and our neighborhoods by 
locking up--and when appropriate, executing--those who repeatedly 
demonstrate a disregard for the sanctity of human life.
  Furthermore, we need to craft laws that assure fair and impartial 
sentencing.
  A successful crime package is one designed to displace fear with 
security, sanity, and confidence, through a balanced approach that 
provides the strength and fairness needed to win the war on crime.
  Pass this crime bill. Pass this crime bill. Pass this crime bill.

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