[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 109 (Tuesday, August 9, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 9, 1994]
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          DON'T LET THE SPECIAL INTERESTS MUG THIS CRIME BILL

  (Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow we vote on the rule on the 
crime bill and the vote is extremely close. How can we let special 
interests dictate what we do on the most important issue facing the 
country? How can we go home without a crime bill? How can we vote 
against 100,000 cops on the beat? How can we vote against three strikes 
and you are out or tougher sentencing provisions? How can we vote 
against the death penalty for over 60 Federal crimes or for funds to 
States for prison building or for serious prevention programs to keep 
young people from going into crime?
  Mr. Speaker, the American people do not want the special interests 
dictating what we do on the crime bill. Let us pass it and let us pass 
it now.

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