[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6127]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        ROBBER BARON BUREAUCRATS

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Madam Speaker, as this Victims Rights Month of April comes 
to an end, the bureaucrats are also trying to end a fund that supports 
victims of America. The Victims of Crime Act requires convicted 
criminals to put money into a fund that then pays for crime victim 
services.
  What a great idea: make criminals pay for the system that they have 
created. Make them pay rent on the courthouse. This fund is about $1.6 
billion. This is not Federal money, this is not taxpayer money, this is 
victim money.
  Now the robber baron bureaucrats want to take this money and put it 
into the abyss of the Federal Treasury. As one of the members of the 
Victims Rights Caucus, along with Jim Costa and Katherine Harris, we do 
not want the government to victimize victims again.
  This money belongs to thousands of victims and thousands of victims 
organizations, including domestic violence shelters, rape centers, 
child abuse centers, and should not be taken away. Congress needs to 
prevent this stealth stealing of victims' money, and we must 
demonstrate to America that criminals will pay and be accountable for 
the misdeeds against the American people.
  And that's just the way it is.

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