[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 118 (Friday, August 19, 1994)]
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     MORE EMPHASIS ON PUNISHMENT NEEDED TO FIGHT THE CRIME PROBLEM

  (Mr. COLLINS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, big city mayors and big city 
police chiefs are prostituting for the money in the crime bill under 
the disguise of more police on the streets. Mr. Speaker, prostitution 
is against the law.
  Law enforcement officers and prosecutors in the Third District of 
Georgia are telling me, ``We do not need more police officers.'' They 
say, ``We are arresting the same people over and over again.''
  The problem is in the logjam of prosecution and in the lack of 
resources to carry out punishment. Help us enforce the laws we have 
today.
  Mr. Speaker, it is against the law to rape. It is against the law to 
molest a child. It is against the law to murder.
  Mr. Speaker, what is the best message to send our neighbors? You will 
have a child molester living next door? You will have a rapist living 
next door that you have to fear for the rest of your life?
  Or should we send the message to victims and victims families: That 
each and every murderer, child molester, or rapist is in the 
penitentiary for the rest of his life?

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