[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 101 (Thursday, July 28, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: July 28, 1994]
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                             THE CRIME BILL

  (Mr. RUSH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RUSH. Mr. Speaker, in communities acorss the country, last Monday 
night was just another summer evening.
  But in my community, on the south side of Chicago, last Monday night 
saw yet another life end because of senseless, gruesome violence. The 
violence and record levels of crime gripping our Nation is paralyzing 
citizens with fear and interfering with any semblance of normal family 
life.
  Monday night's horror in Chicago claimed 3-year-old Kevin Taylor, who 
was fatally shot by gangs as he and his family were returning from the 
grocery store.
  The tragedy did not end there. The next day in the same neighborhood, 
as police were interviewing a witness, gang-related gunfire erupted 
again.
  The witness was struck down while talking to the police officers.
  According to police statistics as of Tuesday, the number of murders 
in Chicago reached 545--100 more than the murder rate of only a year 
ago.
  Gang warfare, supported by an ever-increasing drug flow into this 
country, is wiping out our communities, leaving permanent scars on the 
lives of hundreds of innocent, hardworking, law abiding citizens and 
their children.
  Mr. Speaker, these statistics and these tragic tales speak for 
themselves. Crime is the No. 1 problem in our country. We must support 
this crime bill and save our children and save ourselves.

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