[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 147 (Wednesday, September 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9255]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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             COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE GAMBLING IN AMERICA

  (Mr. WOLF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks and include extraneous 
material.)
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I have a bill in now on which we have 53 
cosponsors, bipartisan, which would set up a national commission to 
study the impact of gambling on the country.
  Gambling is beginning to corrupt this country. It is spreading from 
two States 20 years ago to 48 States, and it is destroying the American 
family. Also the gambling interests are now hiring prominent political 
people of both parties to represent their interests.
  We now have 53 cosponsors on this bill. The gentleman from Illinois, 
Henry Hyde, has promised us hearings next week. I would ask and urge 
all Members of the Congress, Republican, Democrat, liberal, and 
conservative, to cosponsor this bill, so we can pass a bill that 
studies the impact of gambling, so when local boards of supervisors 
look, they know what the impact will be.
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. WOLF. I yield to the gentleman from Michigan.
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I want to commend my colleague for raising 
this issue, and I want to ask him to put me on this resolution. I think 
this is far overdue.
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I will put the gentleman on, and urge all 
other Members to sign on.


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