[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 45 (Tuesday, April 11, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H2018]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             PROJECT EXILE

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in strong support of H.R. 
4051, Project Exile, the Safe Streets and Neighborhood Act of 2000. 
This bill helps make neighborhoods and communities safer by 
implementing programs that ensure tough prison time for criminals who 
use guns.
  H.R. 4051 will provide financial resources totaling $100 million over 
5 years to help States aggressively enforce their own laws, laws 
already on the books, laws already there to ensure that gun criminals 
are held accountable.
  Qualifying States can use this money to strengthen their criminal and 
juvenile justice systems and promote effective and swift prosecution of 
violent criminals. Project Exile is a proven, common sense approach to 
fighting gun crime and making our neighborhoods safer. I call upon my 
colleagues to pass this important legislation so we can exile violent 
gun criminals to prison to do the hard time they deserve.

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