[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 112 (Friday, August 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 12, 1994]
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                FAILURE TO PASS CRIME BILL RULE A CRIME

  (Mr. MORAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, what happened to the crime bill yesterday was 
a crime. It is a crime that the National Rifle Association is able to 
determine the votes of the House of Representatives through their PAC's 
and through their political intimidation. But it would be a worse crime 
if the American people do not understand why this bill, this rule, was 
defeated yesterday.
  It was not the spin that has been put on it by the other side, and 
even by some people on the Democratic side, that it was because it 
contained too much pork. That is nonsense.
  The big increase in the conference report over the House bill that 
many of them voted for was for cops on the beat; $3.4 billion was 
included for cops on the beat in the House bill; $8.8 billion was 
included in the conference agreement, a doubling.
  This business about hearing the midnight sports leagues, the midnight 
basketball that Rush Limbaugh and so many people talked about, was 
actually cut from the House bill to the conference bill that we voted 
on yesterday, from $50 to $40 million. The big increase, and all the 
social programs you did not hear about, he big increase was in grants 
to combat violence against women. That is where the money was. But we 
do not hear about that.
  What happened yesterday was a crime. It should never be repeated 
again. It is up to the Members of this House to stand up next week and 
repeal that action.

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