[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 120 (Sunday, August 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 21, 1994]
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                    THE CRIME BILL IS NOT ABOUT PORK

  (Mr. FARR of California asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, this bill is not about pork, it 
is about chicken. It is about Members that are chicken to stand up to 
the special interests of the gun lobby in this place. It is not about 
pork. It is about violence in America. It is about Members who forgot 
why they came here, to promote the domestic tranquillity. Members came 
here to enact laws that would protect this country and protect the 
children in this country, and while we have been waiting to enact this 
law, children have been killed by drive-by shootings, by senseless guns 
that should not be on the street.
  Members, we are going to go home soon. If we vote for the rule, we 
vote for the bill and we vote against recommit, we can go home and be 
proud that we did something to make America a better place to live and 
take a big bite out of crime.

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