[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 112 (Friday, August 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 12, 1994]
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       PORKLESS CRIME BILL WILL GO THROUGH LIKE GREASED LIGHTNING

  (Mr. DORNAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DORNAN. Mr. Speaker, all this talk about the hard-hearted 
Republican leadership is so much nonsense. Do you know how it pains us 
to see that dyspeptic look on the face of Mr. Moran and the Speaker? To 
see the President in high dudgeon? To see the gentlewoman from Colorado 
coming here verklempt? Mr. Schumer talked about the weapon of choice 
being the phone. Maybe he can call 844-4444, had have coffee talk about 
what a tragedy it was for the President that his crime bill went down. 
But under this bill if you dial 911 you are likely to get a social 
worker instead of a cop.
  I would say that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle should 
spend as much time focusing on how to get tough on criminals as they 
are trying to get tough with conservative religious people, those that 
they call the ``radical religious right.''
  There was a meeting yesterday, and I think Mr. Moran was there, where 
the Democratic participants arranged for nine Capitol Hill policemen to 
guard the meeting of the Radical Right Task Force. Mr. Fazio, Ms. 
Slaughter, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Farr of California, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Swett, 
Mr. Synar, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, and, yes, Jim Moran, were all there 
meeting to do something about ``these Christians.''
  Let us do something about criminals instead. Strip out the pork, 
bring the bill back, and, Mr. Speaker, it will go through like greased 
lightning.

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