[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 120 (Sunday, August 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 21, 1994]
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                    VOTE FOR THE MOTION TO RECOMMIT

  (Mr. ARMEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, just 1 week ago we had a bad crime bill 
brought to the floor, and my good friend, the gentleman from New Mexico 
[Mr. Richardson] told us at that time, if we defeated the bill, we 
would kill the crime bill, that we would not revisit the issue, that we 
would not have an opportunity to do something on crime. Well, we 
defeated that rule. That bill did not get to the floor on that day. We 
did the right thing.
  And here we are today, on a Sunday afternoon, after a serious week of 
negotiations, coming back to the floor for another look at crime on 
behalf of the American people with still another inadequate bill. This 
bill that we will look at today is not even good enough for Government 
work, and that makes it inadequate for the American people, and today 
we are told that, if we vote for the motion to recommit, we will kill 
the crime bill, there will be nothing else that can be done.
  We still have the rest of the year to get it right. Vote for the 
motion to recommit.

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