Porter Goss: “last August, August 4 to be specific, Republicans offered a tough and comprehensive anticrime bill. Republicans have…”

“last August, August 4 to be specific, Republicans offered a tough and comprehensive anticrime bill. Republicans have been very eager to debate this issue for 7 months. The Democrats seem interested in crime, too, but it is now clear from their morning's headlines that their interest lies in scoring quick political points and providing a change of subject for the scandal-embattled White House. First, the Democrats tried to ram through a weak and incomplete crime bill--so they could go home for recess and say they accomplished something, but those were tough policy ideas we effectively protested yesterday. The truth is the liberal Democrats do not want tough crime control and prevention, and Democratic leadership now that today's photo op at the White House for the crime bill has been missed has given up on getting a crime bill passed before the recess. For the record, Mr. Speaker, the Republicans are ready, willing, and able to get on with the crime bill that America is asking us to do, and we are saying yes, yes, yes, yes to getting tough on crime.”