[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 115 (Tuesday, August 16, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 16, 1994]
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                           A PERFECT EXAMPLE

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, the battle over the crime bill is a 
perfect example of what is wrong with Democrat leadership in the 
Congress and in the country.
  Instead of working with Republicans to craft a bill that would punish 
criminals, Democrat leaders ignored Republicans in the conference and 
produce a bill that would punish taxpayers. Instead of providing money 
to fund 100,000 new police officers, the conference report only 
provides enough money for 20,000. Instead of keeping tough language 
that would inform neighborhoods about sexual predators, the conference 
report radically weakened that language.
  Mr. Speaker, President Clinton and House Democrat leaders have 
ignored, vilified, and condemned Republicans for trying to craft a real 
anticrime bill.
  They have slapped away our efforts to work with them in an effort to 
find real punishments for criminals. They have politicized this issue 
for narrow partisan reasons, and that is a shame.

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