[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 112 (Friday, August 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 12, 1994]
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                            YESTERDAY'S VOTE

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, the reason that the rule did not pass is 
because almost 60 Democrats voted with Republicans, majority of 
Republicans. Now, when we heard the President indicate that the reason 
the bill did not pass was because of the NRA and Republican leadership, 
that was not quite right.
  The problem is that bill had too much social spending and not enough 
real crime efforts to decrease the amount of criminals on the street. 
Time and time again, Republicans have worked with the Democrats to 
help. For example, NAFTA, NAFTA passed because of a coalition. There 
right now is in Congress a coalition on a health care bill; that is, 
the Bilirakis-Rowland bill. We should be beginning as a group to get 
behind that bill and also GATT is another agreement that the 
Republicans are working with Democrats. So the Republicans are working 
with Democrats.
  The reason this bill did not pass is not because of the NRA. It is 
not because of Republican leadership. It is because the American people 
did not want what that bill had.

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