[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 104 (Tuesday, August 2, 1994)]
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                          THE BUCK STOPS HERE

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, President Clinton said an interesting thing 
last weekend in Independence, MO. Paraphrasing Harry Truman, he said 
``the buck stops here, the buck stops in the Congress, and the buck 
stops with you the American people.''
  When it comes to the crime bill, the President is partially right. 
The buck does stop with the American people.
  In fact, with almost 9 billion bucks in social welfare spending, the 
American people are getting a lot more than they wanted with this crime 
bill conference report.
  Mr. Speaker, crime is the No. 1 problem with the American people. 
Social welfare spending is the No. 1 issue with the liberal majority in 
Congress, but not with the American taxpayers. So, what we have here is 
mixing the spending with a few anticrime initiatives in order to fool 
the taxpayer.
  Mr. Speaker, that kind of flimflam just will not work anymore.

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  Mr. Speaker, we need a tough crime bill, and this conference 
committee report should be defeated and sent back to the conference 
committee to take out the unneeded social spending.

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