[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 117 (Thursday, August 18, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 18, 1994]
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      AMERICA NEEDS MORE CRIME FIGHTERS, NOT MORE SOCIAL PROGRAMS

  (Mr. HUNTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, my colleague, the gentleman from New York 
[Mr. Schumer], has just blamed Charlton Heston for the failure of this 
pork barrel boondoggle that we humorously refer to as the crime bill. 
He even criticized Mr. Heston's role as Moses in the Ten Commandments.
  Coming from his big government district in New York, Mr. Schumer 
probably would have preferred a movie entitled ``Pharoah Knows Best.'' 
Charlton Heston did not kill the crime bill. The American people looked 
at the promise of the gentleman from New York [Mr. Schumer] to make the 
rest of the country as safe as New York City, and the American people 
said ``that is what we are afraid of.''
  If pouring social programs into New York City solved crime, there 
would not be a single pickpocket left. Hug-a-thug does not work. We 
need more Ben Hurs, more Will Pennys, more Andrew Jacksons, and more 
Moseses.

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