I reclaim my time. That is a possibility, but there are also a lot of other possibilities. I think it is very clear, Mr. Chairman, that a 30-percent threshold would be supported by the same people that would now be asked to support a…

this has been a long and difficult bill, due to very restrictive rules. I offer this motion to recommit that combines the provisions of the gentlewoman from Texas [Ms. Jackson- Lee], which targets youth programs, assistance for delinquents…

It would do more than that. It would destroy this program. It would end the current crime bill law which is the law of the land as we speak.

We now have 17,000 policemen on the job or are in the process of being hired throughout our large cities, and then around through the smaller cities, and there are more on the way.

The reason the President has said that he is going to veto anything that disturbs his community policing program is that he made the commitment 2 years ago. He got the bill through on the bipartisan basis last year. It was enjoyed 5…

I just want the former speaker to realize that the block grant program is a copy of the Local Partnership Act that I introduced into the crime bill that was so widely lambasted by Speaker Gingrich, the majority leader, the gentleman from…

Of course, the gentleman understands the difference between leaving this in a block grant where it competes against an infinite number of others; the question is whether he feels convinced of the importance of this so as to lift it out of…

I would ask the gentleman, which entity would not get the money if they did not agree? Would they not all be eligible for a certain amount of money anyway?

That is why we have measures brought to the floor. We go through the committee hearings, we go through the markup, then we come to the floor and then you say, ``Well, perhaps there is something to matches and we'll put one in. So, look…

if I have ever seen a piece of legislation that might be a candidate for a veto, I think the block grant is it. I think replacing 100,000 policemen on the street and a prevention program that works versus a $10 billion giveaway with no…

Under those circumstances, I think that this is an amendment that we cannot resist.

Mr. Chairman, I rise in strenuous opposition to the measure before us. Before I get into some other remarks, let me just respond about the new-found trust that the majority party has in local government. We trust local government as well…

I thank the gentleman. His explanation has been thorough and quite convincing. The fact of the matter is that we have permitted this in the bill, and what we are doing is putting a money amount to it.

What we want to do, sir, is promote you. You have done a great job. You deserve this. And what you're doing is isolating this out, putting a lot more language around it. Remember, this is not a raw experiment any more. It is proven…

I hope the gentlewoman will continue to offer the same provision she offered in the committee, because we need to have it clearly discussed and debated on the floor.

And so, even if we accept, or if the Schiff amendment passes, it does not change the underlying problem that has been raised in committee about protecting reproductive health clinics. We cannot get around it, my colleagues. We have got to…

After hearing all your rhetoric against matching, I am glad that we at least have a point of agreement here. I guess that means that all of the discussion and debate against matching funds in the crime bill was not as important or valid as…

I have looked this amendment over, and there is no problem with directing a study to be completed, within 6 months back to us, about the prisoner transfer treaty with Mexico, and so on this side we would be delighted to accept the…

Mr. Chairman and my colleagues of the Congress, this recommit motion takes, perhaps, up to $5 billion in unallocated funds and puts back into the cops on the beat program. Now, yesterday the new majority whispered a secret about this…

H.R. 668 would amend the Immigration and Naturalization Act and other laws to make it easier to deport aliens who commit crimes in the United States and to provide law enforcement officials with additional tools to fight violations of…

Mr. Chairman, this is a disturbing proposal for the following reasons: We are first of all dealing with pretrial and we are requiring cash bail. What if the person does not have cash? What if the person does not have any previous…

the Treasury Department's gang resistance education amendment is a worthy program, and I think the amount is small enough so that, if it is deleted from prison construction legislation, there will be no great harm done. It is not like we…

May I suggest that we do not know what the various States are really doing on a State basis, and so we now have another qualification in the prison construction bill that tells the States what they must do to qualify for construction…

Well, because there was no hearings, we are trying to see how this even fits into the Federal Criminal Code and into the existing sections, and even into the bill itself. So bringing something of this magnitude down on the floor is just to…

Mr. Chairman, the new majority has succeeded in turning a silk purse into a sow's ear, in terms of our crime bill efforts. I would just like to take a few minutes to recall what the contract has been doing to us in the crime area. First of…