[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 28 (Monday, February 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H1620-H1621]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           PASS H.R. 728 NOW

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, crime in America is out of control. By the 
time I finish speaking, an American citizen will be robbed and two more 
will be assaulted. Someone will be a victim of rape within the next 4 
minutes in this country, and before we move on to the legislative 
business at least one American will be murdered.
  Mr. Speaker, those statistics are scary. They scare the American 
people and they scare law enforcement officials. The only ones who are 
not scared are the criminals.
  [[Page H1621]] The grants included in the so-called crime bill last 
year had so many strings that most State and local governments could 
not or would not accept them.
  Mr. Speaker, let us cut the strings, let us give local law 
enforcement officials the power to fight local crime. Let us pass H.R. 
728 now, before one more American becomes just another statistic.


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