[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 112 (Friday, August 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 12, 1994]
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         AMERICA IS WAITING FOR THIS HOUSE TO PASS A CRIME BILL

  (Mr. DURBIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. Speaker, while the National Rifle Association was 
celebrating the defeat of the crime bill last night, thousands of 
policemen cruised the mean streets of America hoping some drug-crazed 
gangbanger would not make their wives widows. While most Republicans 
were cheering the defeat of the crime bill, families in St. Louis, 
Chicago, New York, and Springfield, IL, were praying their children 
would not be the victims of a drive-by shooting. The National Rifle 
Association and the Republicans succeeded in gridlocking Congress last 
night on the crime bill, but this House owes it to the police and to 
America to pass a crime bill.
  President Clinton was right. Congress should not take a vacation 
until we pass a crime bill. Criminals do not take a vacation, and 
American families are still waiting for us to break the Republican 
gridlock on this critical bill.

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