[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 120 (Sunday, August 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 21, 1994]
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             LOBBYING GROUPS ARE HOLDING UP THE CRIME BILL

  (Mr. BECERRA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BECERRA. Mr. Speaker, I was greeted by this particular notice 
when I walked into my office this morning to go ahead and come here to 
be prepared to vote for a crime bill. Let me read what it says. It is 
from the gun owners of America.

       Before you vote for the crime bill, remember, when the gun 
     lobby goes after you it does have an adverse impact.

  Let us be real, let us talk about why we are stalling, we are not 
getting a crime bill out. It is not because this is pork. It is not 
because the people in this country do not want it. It is because there 
are certain lobbying groups that do not want us to get 100,000 cops on 
the street that we need, they do not want us to have the extra money 
for prison space that we need, and they do not want to help us give 
money to the local police that have DARE Programs for the boys' and 
girls' clubs that are keeping kids off the streets.
  I say it has been 6 long years since we have had a comprehensive 
crime bill, and it is time for this new Member of Congress to say to 
all of those who are willing to obstruct: It is time to get a crime 
bill out.
  Vote for the people and with the people in your district, not with 
the groups that are sending you these faxes and telling you stop the 
crime bill from going to America.

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