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




     MISLEADING INFORMATION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ON THE CRIME ISSUE

  (Mr. WELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, the President never ceases to amaze me. He 
has this incredible habit of setting up these ridiculous straw men for 
the express purpose of making him look good when someone knocks them 
over. He has misled us on the issue of Social Security, and now he is 
trying to mislead us on crime.
  The President says he will veto any bill that goes back on his 
promise of 100,000 new police officers, but like most Clinton promises, 
the 100,000 new policemen were a hoax from the start to the finish. As 
Republicans made clear last year during the debate on the crime bill, 
the Clinton bill would only result at most in 20,000 new cops.
  Today I placed a phone call to one of the mayors in my district, the 
mayor of Calumet City. Last year his city received a grant, a $1 
million grant to fund 13 new police officers. Now, he says, the 
realities or the strings of the President's program have set in. His 
city council has only been able to find funding for its 25-percent 
share, the match it has to put up, for 6 out of 13 of those officers. 
The local share totals $800,000 over 3 years.
  Calumet City's problems highlight the problems of the President's 
program. It is not working. It must be changed.


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