[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 17, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H248]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                  TAKING OUR STREETS BACK ACT OF 1995

  (Mr. BARR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, the House Committee on the Judiciary 
Subcommittee on Crime is scheduled to conduct hearings on the Taking 
Our Streets Back Act of 1995 later this week.
  This bill, of which I am proud to be an original sponsor, is a 
crucial first step in restoring the right of the American people to be 
secure in their person and property. I say the first step because this 
bill cannot remedy all of the shortcomings now existing in Federal 
anticrime programs. A number of initiatives will be required, because 
unfortunately the Federal role in crime prevention has suffered 
misdirection by this body for decades. The most recent example is last 
year's crime bill which attained new heights in wasteful pork-barrel 
spending and social spending programs.
  Crime is not reduced by expanding bureaucracies. Our first priority 
must be to remove the violent criminals so that we can reclaim our 
communities.
  In the days ahead I will detail how our new bill delivers on the 
promise to reduce crime my colleagues and I pledged as part of the 
Contract With America.




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