[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 111 (Thursday, August 11, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 11, 1994]
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                     JUST SAY NO TO THIS CRIME BILL

  (Mr. MICA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to take a hard look at the 
final crime bill before the Congress today.
  If more police were the answer to our crime problem, Washington, DC, 
should be one of the safest places in the Nation.
  If tighter gun control laws would bring down crime, Washington, DC, 
with some of our Nation's toughest weapons control laws, should be a 
secure place to live and work.
  If more social workers and government employees were the answer to 
our crime problem, Washington, DC, should be a model for a safe 
community.
  Unfortunately Washington, DC--our Nation's Capital--in spite of 
having all the features touted as solutions in this crime bill, has one 
of the highest crime rates in the world.
  We do not solve our crime problems with children playing federally 
financed basketball after midnight in cites with curfews.
  We do not reduce crime by cutting drug enforcement, sending our 
children a mixed message about drugs, and releasing 10,000 convicted 
drug felons into our neighborhoods.
  Send this bill back, I say to my colleagues, because we can do a 
better job.

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