Bill Clinton: “We wrote a crime bill in 1994 based on what mayors, police chiefs…”

On the recordJanuary 15, 2001

We wrote a crime bill in 1994 based on what mayors, police chiefs, police on the street, and prosecutors at the local level told us would work.

Said by

Democratic · Arkansas

Source

Remarks to the United States Conference of Mayors

More from Bill Clinton

May 31, 2025

The American people don't pay you to have personal feelings. They pay you to deliver for them.

Jul 3, 2025

End welfare as we know it

May 31, 2025

That ain't America. We've never done that.

May 31, 2025

Damn it, what we have in common matters more. We cannot throw the legacy of this country away.

Other voices in this conversation

Bill Clinton: “We wrote a crime bill in 1994 based on what mayors, police chiefs, police on the street, and prosecutors at the local…”