[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 117 (Thursday, August 18, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 18, 1994]
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                   NEED FOR CRIME BILL IS NATIONWIDE

  (Mr. VISCLOSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, witnesses are killed, shootouts happen in 
broad daylight by city hall, and the police are outgunned. I am not 
talking about Washington, DC, or New York City. This is happening in 
the Indiana district I represent.
  We need a crime bill now.
  The extremists who are preventing us from passing a strong bill are 
playing Russian roulette with the public's safety for cynical political 
gain.
  What is wrong with putting 100,000 new police officers on the 
streets?
  What is wrong with banning assault weapons designed to kill large 
numbers of people as quickly as possible?
  What is wrong with locking repeat violent criminals behind bars 
forever?
  And what is wrong with preventing the pain and horror of crime before 
it happens?
  Mr. Speaker, there is nothing wrong with these provisions that will 
take our streets back. Let us stop the politics and put the people 
first.

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