[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 118 (Friday, August 19, 1994)]
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                          TRUTH IN ADVERTISING

  (Mr. FAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FAZIO. Mr. Speaker, whatever happened to truth in advertising?
  The NRA and a few allies have rehired their spokesman Charleton 
Heston to mislead the American public in a series of television ads 
that are filled with untruths.
  Mr. Heston is no Moses. And, he definitely is not obeying one of the 
Ten Commandments.
  Mr. Heston and the NRA are not fighting for America's best interest. 
They are worried about the crime bill for one reason--because it will 
take assault weapons that are being used to kill innocent people off 
our streets.
  If Mr. Heston had read the bill, he would know that the crime bill is 
not a social spending bill. The facts are that $7 out of every $10 in 
the bill goes directly to police, Federal and State law enforcement, 
and prisons and detention facilities. That is 85 percent of the bill's 
funding.
  And, almost half of the remaining spending is devoted to combating 
violence against women, drug courts and crime prevention programs 
originally sponsored by Republican Senators Danforth, Stevens, and 
Domenici.
  Let us separate myth from reality and Hollywood from real life. The 
American public is demanding that we pass a crime bill. It is our duty 
as their representatives to make sure that they get it.

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