[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 117 (Thursday, August 18, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 18, 1994]
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                             THE CRIME BILL

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, since I have some time remaining, I would 
like to join the fun and talk about some other issues; not baseball at 
this time, but I have been wanting to comment a little bit on the crime 
legislation we hear so much about.
  Never have I seen more--I do not know how to describe it because I do 
not want to impugn anybody's integrity, but--misstatements about what 
is in the crime bill. It has continued to be reported in the press, 
first of all, that it is paid for: Do not worry about it; we are going 
to pay for it by savings, cutting back the size of the Federal 
Government.
  But remember, this bill went from $5 billion when it was originally 
proposed to $22 billion when it passed the Senate last year to $26 
billion when it passed the House to $33 billion. I am sure that 
probably at least $13 billion of this bill will be added to the 
deficit. It is not paid for.
  Second, you continue to hear assertions that this is going to put 
100,000 new law enforcement people on the streets. Nobody in the Senate 
believes that. It will not even put 20,000 there.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.
  Mr. LOTT. I know we have limited time, so at this point I will yield 
the floor.

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