[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 105 (Wednesday, August 3, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 3, 1994]
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    CALL FOR A VOTE AGAINST RULE ON THE CRIME BILL CONFERENCE REPORT

  (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, the American people want Congress to pass a 
crime bill which will take a large bite out of crime. But the crime 
bill which will be considered this week would only take a nibble out of 
crime.
  There are some things in the bill which I support including ``three 
strikes you're out,'' expanded death penalties, and more copes on the 
streets.
  However, almost one-third of the crime bill is made up of spending on 
social programs which have nothing to do with controlling crime. For 
example, this bill would fund midnight basketball, arts, crafts, and 
dance programs and self-esteem programs. This bill contains $9.1 
billion for programs like this, many of which will be duplicative to 
already existing programs. The American people already know that 
Government is too big and spends too much.
  I urge my colleagues to vote against the rule on the crime bill to 
send it back to conference. Let us craft a crime bill which will really 
take a bite out of crime, not a big bite out of the American taxpayer's 
pocket.

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