[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 4, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H1207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             FIGHTING CRIME

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday evening in my hometown of Memphis, 
Tennessee, there was a senseless killing of six individuals. Four 
adults and two children were shot and/or stabbed in the Binghampton 
community.
  We have seen more and more and more urban crime in this country, and 
the response has not been sufficient from the Federal Government to 
help the locals with law enforcement funding. This House has passed a 
COPS bill that is still pending in the Senate and is opposed by the 
administration. We need to see that the COPS bill becomes law and we 
have an opportunity to help fund the policemen on our streets in our 
urban centers, and all over this country.
  We also need to help the Second Chance programs to see that people 
don't resort to crime. Crime must stop, Mr. Speaker, and we must do our 
part.

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