Andy Barr: “at the beginning of this session, I introduced with several of my colleagues The Taking Back Our Streets Act of 1995.…”

“at the beginning of this session, I introduced with several of my colleagues The Taking Back Our Streets Act of 1995. Last week, my colleagues and I on the Judiciary Committee's Crime Subcommittee completed 2 days of hearings on this bill. These hearings, which featured law enforcement officials from across the country, revealed how desperately this legislation is needed. There is an overwhelming sense in this country that violent crime has robbed the citizens of a sense of safety and security that they have a right to enjoy. That is what my crime bill will help accomplish. Not too long ago, a popular preventive crime ad campaign encouraged citizens to take ``A Bite Out of Crime.'' After decades of one Democratic-controlled Congress after another jawboning the problem of crime with lots of taxpayer money but little to show in the way of results, we are finally on the way to passing a crime bill with real teeth.”