[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 116 (Wednesday, August 17, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 17, 1994]
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   AMERICANS TERRORIZED BY CRIME LOOK TOWARD HOUSE VOTE ON CRIME BILL

  (Mr. TORRICELLI asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TORRICELLI. Madam Speaker, the stability of the institution of 
Government in this country has always been taken for granted. While 
other nations have seen their hopes of government changed and 
confidence lost, this country has continued generation to generation. 
But now indeed in hundreds of American cities the relevance of this 
system of government is in question.
  Children sleep on the floor to be safe from gunfire, citizens dare 
not venture out into the streets, businesses close and leave cities 
without vital services. Americans are held hostage in a reign of terror 
on her own streets.
  This House will soon vote on whether or not this Government, whether 
or not this system still provides security for ordinary Americans in 
their homes and in their places of business.
  Some have called this a fight between the two political parties or 
simply a question of a special interest against a larger public 
interest. Indeed it is more than that. The question is, can this 
Government, can this country still provide basic security for our 
people?

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