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

  (Mr. CLEMENT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLEMENT. Mr. Speaker, like my other colleagues, I have been 
deliberating for months now about a crime bill, and I know, ever since 
I have been a Member of Congress, and I have been a Member of Congress 
for 7 years, I have seen so many families devastated because of crime, 
and I know that not one neighborhood, not one community in America, is 
immune from crime any longer. People are fearful for their life and 
know that we have got to fight crime at the local, State and national 
level.
  Now we have an opportunity to pass a crime bill, and I hope we will 
show some political courage and pass one. I know it is difficult at 
times for Members because they are pulled in one direction or another, 
but it does offer us hope for the future.
  I know it is not attractive to just build prisons, but the fact is, 
as my colleagues know, the people at home say, ``I don't like this 
revolving door policy where criminals are in one day and out the 
next.'' They want a tough crime bill, and, when we lock these prisoners 
up, we want to keep them locked up.
  Vote for the crime bill.

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