[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 112 (Friday, August 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 12, 1994]
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                              WE ALL LOST

  (Mr. OLVER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, we apparently will not hear baseball scores 
for a while, but here is the score from last night. Inside the Beltway 
gridlock: First, people who are afraid to leave their homes for fear of 
crime: Zero.
  Mr. Speaker, last night's loss was more than just a vote on a rule. 
We all lost.
  We lost protection for women and children who live with the nightmare 
of domestic violence. We lost a chance for kids to find more than a 
life of selling drugs on the street.
  But our biggest loss was the 100,000 cops that would restore security 
to our communities. That is over 2,000 cops in my State of 
Massachusetts alone. We lost the most important tool communities need 
to fight crime.
  The American people were rooting for this crime bill, Mr. Speaker. We 
all lost.

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