[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 120 (Sunday, August 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 21, 1994]
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                VOTE ``NO'' ON AN INEFFECTIVE CRIME BILL

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, we all spent probably 15 hours in this place 
yesterday waiting to do the people's business. Today when I come in, I 
find that the conference report is done, but not printed. I cannot see 
it. I find that the rule has been waived that allows that bill to lay 
on the table.
  Mr. Speaker, this bill is too expensive; it is too big. The American 
people want a tough crime bill, not a social bill. They all know that 
we spend too much on Government and that Government interference in 
local affairs is too great.
  Mr. Speaker, this is a poor bill. Crime will not go down in our 
communities, only the deficit will go up. A ``no'' vote is what is 
entailed.

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