[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 120 (Sunday, August 21, 1994)]
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                  EFFECTIVE AND LEAN CRIME BILL NEEDED

  (Mr. ZELIFF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ZELIFF. Mr. Speaker, the people of America have told this 
Congress loud and clear to do three things when we consider the crime 
bill: Make it effective in fighting crime, make it tough on criminals, 
and keep it lean. The crime bill that failed on the House floor last 
week was not effective and it certainly was not lean.
  I have been on record that a conference committee should do four 
things: Remove the $9 billion pork and social programs from the bill; 
restore the tough anticrime measures such as truth-in-sentencing and 
mandatory minimums; remove the so-called assault weapons ban; and four, 
stop the diversion of funds that would have paid for new social 
programs through reductions in the FBI and DEA.
  Unfortunately, the rewritten crime bill does not accomplish all of 
these goals. But there is a bill before us that does, the Brewster-
Hunter substitute.
  The Brewster-Hunter substitute provides grants for prisons, grants 
for State and local law enforcement, habeas corpus reform, and 
exclusionary rule reform. This substitute includes truth-in-sentencing, 
strengthened U.S. border enforcement, mandatory registration of sex 
offenders and community notification, and mandatory prison terms for 
crimes committed with a firearm.
  Best of all, the Hunter-Brewster substitute is completely pork-free.

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