[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 54 (Wednesday, April 24, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3737]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         THE PRESIDENT'S SOFT AND LIBERAL JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

  (Mr. FUNDERBURK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, what the President does and what he says 
about judicial appointments are the mental equivalent of the great Joe 
Montana's play action, fake to the right and run to the left--and in 
this case, it is talking tough and acting soft. The President 
constantly talks about putting 100,000 cops on the beat but his 
judicial appointments are releasing felons back on the streets where 
they can again prey on the unsuspecting American public. We need more 
than just laws against felons if the soft and liberal judges appointed 
by the President simply ignore the law and free them. What we really 
need are judges that will adhere to the spirit and letter of the law 
and punish violent criminals to the full extent of the law. We must not 
punish the American public again by allowing this disgraceful revolving 
door of justice.
  If we want judges who are as concerned about the rights of law-
abiding citizens and victims as they are about those of violent 
criminals, then we need a new President in the White House.

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