[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 104 (Tuesday, August 2, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 2, 1994]
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          THE CRIME BILL, WITH NEW SOCIAL SPENDING, MISLABELED

  (Ms. PRYCE of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, let us talk about truth in labeling. 
The bill labeled ``the crime bill'' has returned from conference at 
long last. Usually long hours and hard work in conference improve upon 
a piece of legislation. But in this case we are being asked to accept a 
massive new social spending program that is not directly concerned with 
crime control at all.
  It is no mystery why the President has been so eager to enact this 
social spending. It is basically his stimulus package of a year ago 
with a new ``crime'' label. But no matter how we package it and what 
the label is, the truth is that this is a very weak bill that does not 
begin to adequately address one of our Nation's most serious and 
pressing problems--crime.
  We have one more chance. Let us defeat the rule and send this bill 
back to conference for the tough measures this country needs. Back 
where I come from, people know the difference regardless of how it is 
labeled.

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