[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H1977-H1978]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


            WHAT DOES THE RECORD SHOW OF THE FIRST 50 DAYS?

  (Ms. SLAUGHTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, last night I saw a wonderful cartoon in 
the latest issue of Business Week. It had an elephant dressed in an 
obviously very expensive suit, wearing a button on the lapel that said, 
``Been robbed, raped, maimed or murdered? Call a block grant.'' That 
has a lot to say about what we have done here in the first 50 days.
  We took the crime bill that was passed last year, took away all 
preventive measures and took away the police on the street who will 
make the streets safer for us. And that, along with trashing the 
Constitution, are two very important things that have happened here in 
the past 50 days. And all Americans ought to know it.
  We have done very little to address the problems that are really on 
the minds of Americans today. They have educated their children at 
great expense.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentlewoman yield?
  [[Page H1978]] Ms. SLAUGHTER. I yield to the gentleman from 
California.
  Mr. DREIER. I simply wanted to say to my friend that to interpret 
what was done during the first 50 days as trashing the Constitution and 
somehow encouraging raping and pillaging is a gross misrepresentation 
of what has been done.
  There is a great celebration of the first 50 days taking place on CNN 
right now over in the Cannon caucus room.
  I thank my friend for yielding.

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