[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

  (Mr. CUNNINGHAM asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, unlike some of my colleagues, I think 
there are many good things in the crime bill. They want to take it to 
conference, but let us be specific.
  I was wrong on the night basketball event. I went and witnessed it. I 
think it is a good program. But I would hope in the conference that 
they take out the requirement to be 2 percent HIV positive or even of a 
drug population. The racial justice has been taken out. I hope the 
President would not sign an order to reinstate it.
  The bill has gone from $15 billion to $33 billion in social spending 
because they could not get it in other bills because of the caps. I 
would rather see the 100,000 police over a 5-year period be paid for.
  Some of the good things: the Dunn deal with sexual predators, 4,000 
Border Patrol, primarily from the gentlemen from California, Mr. Hunter 
and Mr. Moorhead and the chairman. Illegal immigration, reimbursement, 
persons funded, revolving door, racial justice is out. The community 
policing, drug rehabilitation and those are all good.
  Let us take this thing back to conference and eliminate some of the 
things that are very controversial, and we can actually come out with a 
very good bill.

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