[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 104 (Tuesday, August 2, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 2, 1994]
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                           NATIONAL NIGHT OUT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of 
February 11, 1994, and June 10, 1994, the gentleman from New Jersey 
[Mr. Menendez] is recognized during morning business for 2 minutes.
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, tonight is National Night Out. In my 
district in New Jersey and in communities across the Nation, Americans 
will join with their neighbors to take back the streets from crime. 
This year National Night Out is of particular importance, as the 
Congress prepares to pass the omnibus crime bill.
  The crime bill says we will not sit idly and watch while crime 
continues to erode our daily lives. The crime bill provides the force 
needed to make safe streets a reality. The crime bill provides the 
opportunity for us to renew our efforts to fight this malignancy which 
has invaded our streets, our schools, and our lives. The crime bill 
sends the message, that crime will not be tolerated. Three strikes and 
your out, 100,000 more cops on our streets and a ban on assault weapons 
are the instruments with which we will fight the crime epidemic, take 
back our streets from violence and drugs and make every night a 
national night out.

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