[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 120 (Sunday, August 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 21, 1994]
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           STOP ALL THE LAME EXCUSES, SUPPORT THE CRIME BILL

  (Mr. KLEIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KLEIN. Mr. Speaker, since the rule was defeated a week and a half 
ago, I have been home and I have met with literally thousands of people 
in my district who have said to me, how could you let this bill fail? 
We need protection against crime. We need more cops on the street. We 
need more money for prisons. We need more of all of the things that are 
in this bill. Go out and get this bill passed. And that is what I am 
about to do.
  I heard the gentlewoman from Washington [Ms. Dunn] talk about a 
stronger language for sexual predators. I was one of those who fought 
for it. I strongly believe in it. But like all of the people who are 
voting against this bill, they have got one excuse after another. They 
do not want the bill. They do not want to fight crime. All they want to 
do is come up with lame excuses.
  Let us stop the excuses. Let us give the American people what they 
want. Let us give them action. Let us give them a crime bill that they 
can be proud of. Let us vote for this bill.

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