[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 120 (Sunday, August 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 21, 1994]
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                           A SOFT CRIME BILL

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, there is an old proverb that 
says you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. We have worked 
very hard to try and do that on the crime bill, but you still can't 
make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Charlton Heston may not be Ben 
Hur and he may not be Moses, but he is right when he says that what the 
American people have not been told about this crime bill is a crime, 
and he is not just talking about pork, he is talking about the so-
called crime aspects of the bill. For instance, 100,000 policemen on 
the street. It is not 100,000, it is merely 20,000 that is paid for by 
this bill and it may not be policemen because they are not going to be 
selected by police, they are going to be selected by citizen groups 
from the community.

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  This is a bad bill. It has not been made enough better that we can 
vote for it.
  Please support the Brewster-Hunter bill that everyone can go back 
home and take credit for helping to pass a bill really tough on crime.

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