[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 120 (Sunday, August 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 21, 1994]
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         IT'S NOT POLITICS, IT'S POLICIES THAT ARE THE PROBLEM

  (Mr. EVERETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EVERETT. Mr. Speaker, the President has been telling the country 
that the crime bill is being held up by politics in Washington.
  Somebody should check the President's itinerary because at the moment 
he appears to be lost in a state of denial.
  The problem with the crime bill is not politics--it is policies.
  The problem with the crime bill is that it discards tough anticrime 
fighting measures like the sexual predator provision act that would 
protect communities against sex offenders and truth-in-sentencing laws.
  The problem with the crime bill is it is including lots of soft, 
fuzzy social spending like arts and crafts programs, dance, self-esteem 
programs, and midnight basketball.

                              {time}  1340

  The problem with the crime bill, Mr. Speaker, is that it takes away 
what it should have more of and puts in what it should have none of. 
The problem with the crime bill is that the White House's idea of law 
enforcement is to send America a doughnut and a cup of coffee, but 
leaves the cops in the squad room.

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