[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 166 (Wednesday, October 25, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H10754]
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  URGING MEMBERS TO COSPONSOR BILL TO CREATE A NATIONAL COMMISSION TO 
                             STUDY GAMBLING

  (Mr. WOLF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I want to let the Members know that we now 
have 92 cosponsors on our bill to create a national commission to study 
the impact of gambling in the United States. Twenty years ago only two 
States had gambling. Now almost every State but Hawaii and Utah has 
gambling.
  This is a bipartisan bill. We have the majority whip and the minority 
whip. It is time we pass it, whereby we can have a study to see, is 
there a problem of corruption? We know corruption does follow. Is there 
a problem of crime? Is there a problem of organized crime? Is there a 
problem of teenage addiction? Let us find out. Let us have a national 
commission to examine it.
  The bill is being cosponsored in the Senate by Senator Simon from 
Illinois, and Senator Lugar from Indiana. We hope to pass it in the 
House this year and pass it in the Senate this year. I urge all my 
colleagues who are not cosponsors, please call my office today to 
cosponsor the bill, H.R. 497, National Commission to Study the Impact 
of Gambling.

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