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

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, this is the city. Washington, DC. The 
time: August 1994. This is a true story. The names have remained to 
expose the guilty.
  The crime: Passing a fake crime bill to get reelected.
  If Sgt. Joe Friday were analyzing the crime bill conference report, 
he would throw the Congress in jail.
  Quite obviously, this bill does not measure up either to its promise 
or to its need.
  The American people want the Congress to pass a real anti-crime bill. 
This conference report is full of social welfare spending that few 
associate with crime fighting.
  In fact, $9 billion goes to things like community development 
corporations that will finance projects intended to provide business 
and employment opportunities for low income people.
  Mr. Speaker, the crime conference report is no dragnet to criminals. 
It is more than a drag on the resources of middle-class taxpayers and 
the Federal Government.

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