[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 118 (Friday, August 19, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 19, 1994]
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                   SOCIAL PROGRAMS DO NOT SOLVE CRIME

  (Mr. MICA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, if you have not followed the reports of 
scandal in the District of Columbia Public Housing Authority, you 
should. It will make your stomach turn.
  Here is a great example of why government programs fail:
  Gross mismanagement--bankruptcy--$117 million for renovations unusued 
while people are forced to live like animals.
  Rat, filth-infested projects where children are forced to live and 
play. Human beings tossed out of these hovels to die in our streets. 
And then we wonder what causes crime.
  Every Member of Congress should be forced to live in public housing. 
Then come back and vote for more government programs, more social and 
welfare spending.
  When will this Congress wake up and provide positive alternatives, 
encourage private sector job creation, support private home ownership, 
and promote personal savings and self reliance?
  This is a great example that big government social programs do not 
work.

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