[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 120 (Sunday, August 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 21, 1994]
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                PUT POLITICS ASIDE AND PASS A CRIME BILL

  (Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, passage of this motion to recommit kills 
the crime bill for all practical purposes. What it does is it will 
reopen the entire conference. There will be total chaos, and every 
issue can be revisited. Make no mistake. This will be the vote of the 
day. If that package of recommit wins, we will not be here to do a 
crime bill.
  Mr. Speaker, what we have here today is an opportunity to put 
politics aside and pass a crime bill. We commend those Republicans that 
joined Democrats in achieving a bipartisan compromise. Let us pass it 
now and go home.

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