[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 117 (Thursday, August 18, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 18, 1994]
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                    THE PORK IN THIS BILL IS A CRIME

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, as my colleagues know, one 
section of the President's so-called anticrime bill that he frequently 
tries to gain support with is that there are going to be 100,000 new 
cops on the street. It is just another myth. However, the National 
Center for Policy Analysis discovered the numbers do not quite add up 
to 100,000.
  According to a Princeton University criminologist, Mr. Speaker, it 
takes 10 police officers to keep 1 full-time officer on the street. 
Therefore the bill would actually fund only about 2,000 round-the-clock 
cops. Based on 200 jurisdictions, this would increase actual street 
strength by only 10 police per city. In reality this bill would fund 
more social workers than police officers.
  Mr. Speaker, the vote last week spoke loud and clear. The pork in 
this bill is a crime, and Americans do not want, do not need, and do 
not deserve more pork. America wants a real anticrime bill.

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