[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 111 (Thursday, August 11, 1994)]
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                      CRIME BILL NOT TOUGH ENOUGH

  (Mr. WALKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, we have heard a lot today about this tough 
crime bill the Democrats are bringing out. I would suggest this is not 
a tough crime bill. They referenced the fact that there are 100,000 new 
police in the bill. They are going to need 100,000 new police to chase 
the 10,000 drug criminals that they are going to release as a result of 
the bill.
  That is right, under this bill what they are going to do is take drug 
criminals who are now in jail and retroactively reduce their sentences 
so they are back on the streets in our communities. Most Americans 
understand the violence in our communities. Most Americans understand 
the violence in our communities is largely related to the drug crimes, 
and now we are going to put drug criminals back on the streets for the 
police to go after.
  That just does not make any sense.
  What else do we do in this bill? Well, we put $20 million in the bill 
for public policy seminars. Now is that not wonderful? I know a lot of 
criminals who are really concerned about public policy seminars.
  What about all the social programs? Just think of this: If you are in 
trouble, you call 911. Instead of the police what you get is a social 
awareness counselor, ``That is not a mugger pointing a gun at you, 
ma'am,'' they say, ``that is an individual who is crying out for 
help.''
  What we need is a SWAT team of real people doing real criminal 
activity out there, not a lot more social workers.

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