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

  (Mr. WALKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, there is no doubt that the bipartisan 
negotiations did improve the bill that will be on the floor today. But 
the fact is, even the improved bill is not a good bill. There is a 
better choice.
  The better choice will be offered in the motion to recommit, and 
there is a real contrast between the two.
  In the motion to recommit and the bill Members have before them 
today, at that point they will have a choice of putting the money into 
police, prisons and into border guards, putting the money where the 
American people know it should be and getting tough on crime.
  In the other bill, the bill produced by the majority and the 
bipartisan coalition, they will have the choice of having some money in 
prisons, some money in policy, some money in border guards, but also a 
lot of money in social programs.
  The real choice between the two programs comes down to this: When you 
dial 911 for an emergency because you are being mugged, do you want to 
get a policeman on the other end as the result of passing the bill here 
today that will put the money into police, or do you want a social 
worker on the other end that will explain to you that the mugger is 
simply a poor person who has been terribly hurt in their life and so, 
therefore, you ought to understand them.
  I would suggest you want a policeman on the other end, not a social 
worker.

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