[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 120 (Sunday, August 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 21, 1994]
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              WHITE HOUSE OFFERED A COMPROMISE TO THE NRA

  (Mr. WELDON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELDON. Mr. Speaker, I ran for local office as mayor of my 
hometown because we had become the headquarters of the Pagans 
motorcycle gang, one of the five largest motorcycle gangs on the east 
coast.
  For the 5 years I served as mayor, we fought the Pagans and their 
drug dealing every day. We did not play midnight basketball with them. 
We did not offer them any courses in career options. We beat them, and 
eventually drove them out of town, because we locked them up. We beefed 
up our police department by providing more officers and more support.
  We cooperated and worked with the DEA, the ATF, and cooperative law 
enforcement agencies at all levels.
  We sent them to jail where they are still today.
  Both the efforts we are going to see on the House floor today are far 
better improvements over what the President offered to us.
  But let me make one comment in response to my colleague from the 
other side. He said the NRA and the gun lobby are fighting for the 
assault weapon issue. The Republican negotiators have never mentioned 
that issue. As a matter of fact, it was last evening that the White 
House offered a compromise to the NRA on the 10-clip item on assault 
weapons.
  Remember that: The White House.

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