[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1700]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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  (Mr. HILLIARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HILLIARD. Mr. Speaker, today I rise and ask the American people 
to take a look at what has been done today in Congress. We want to make 
sure that we will continue to put cops on the street where they belong, 
where they can be of use.
  Our dear friends on the Republican side have decided to change the 
bill that we passed last year. For some reason they do not like the 
idea of 100,000 cops on the street, patrolling, being where they are 
supposed to be.
  They intend to warehouse people for the next 100 years. So what they 
are going to do? They are going to build prisons. They are going to 
build prisons and build prisons. In fact, they are going to create a 
new industry just to build prisons. Building prisons, building prisons.
  And what is going to happen? We are going to have to have guards. In 
Alabama, we built three prisons in 5 years. It took us 7 years to get 
enough money to open the last two, because we did not have the money 
for the guards and for the food.
  I submit to my colleagues that the Republican bill is off track. It 
will cost more money than the bill we passed last year, and it is bad.

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