[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1699]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         CRIME LEGISLATION IS FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT FOR CRIMINALS

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, last year the guardians of the old order 
rammed through the criminal's crime bill. It was a piece of legislation 
more concerned about the rights of violent criminals than the rights of 
law-abiding Americans. It was a bill that offered violent criminals and 
repeat offenders endless appeals and technical loopholes. It was a bill 
full of phony prevention programs and wasteful pork. It was a bill that 
said violent criminals are not bad people; instead they are really just 
misunderstood, and if we all give them a group hug, maybe they will 
mend their evil ways.
  Mr. Speaker, criminals do not need a crime bill. The American people 
do. Crime has taken over America's streets, and Americans want to take 
those streets back. So we in the new majority offer a citizens crime 
bill, a bill that actually makes criminals pay for their crimes. We 
want to put a stop to endless appeals for death row inmates. We have 
had enough of repeat criminals going free due to legal technicalities.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people demand a real crime bill, and in 
this Contract With America they will get it.


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