[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 13, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 13, 1994]
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                            CRIME BILL IRONY

  (Mr. MICA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, what an irony that the crime bill President 
Clinton signs today contains a ban on rifles with grenade launchers and 
weapons on which you can attach a bayonet, but not a ban on Cessna 
aircraft.
  What an irony it is that a mentally ill veteran who attacked the 
White House lost his business and could not get proper care from the 
country he served.
  Is it not ironic that it is easier for an illegal immigrant to get 
Government care and benefits than an American veteran?
  Is it not ironic that a thousand armed police could not stop an 
assault on our fortified White House?
  We can put a million police on our streets, build 10,000 prisons and 
pass a hundred more laws.
  But until we change Federal policies that kill business, ignore care 
for our own, destroy our families and send the wrong message about 
drugs to our children, and continue a welfare system that rewards 
failure and penalizes success, we will continue to fail.
  And finally, until we return some sense of values, respect for human 
life and discipline in our classrooms, we will not solve the crime 
problems facing our Nation.

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