[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 119 (Saturday, August 20, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 20, 1994]
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                       THE OMNIBUS CRIME PACKAGE

  (Ms. VELAZQUEZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to take strong exception to 
the rightwing attacks on the crime bill. To those of my colleagues who 
oppose this bill because of its prevention programs, I say, wise up. 
These programs are not pork, they are prevention, and are essential to 
an effective anticrime initiative. Prosecution without prevention is a 
formula for failure, and maybe if you came down from your ivory 
suburban towers to inner city areas like my district, you would learn 
to recognize the difference between pork and prevention.
  Groups and individuals closest to the crime problem can tell the 
difference. The prevention programs are endorsed by every police 
organization in this country.
  Opponents of the crime bill have resorted to highly partisan rhetoric 
to attack these measures. Let us set the record straight. This bill may 
have been drafted by members of my party, but it is supported by 
Rudolph Guiliani and Richard Riordan, the Republican mayors of our two 
largest cities.
  It is time to stop the political circus, and pass this bill--for our 
youth, for our cities, and for the Nation.

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