this is an attempt to legislate through label. By mistakenly placing the title ``assault weapons'' arbitrarily on this group of firearms, and having the term ``assault weapons'' repeated over and over and over again in much of the media…

I rise to correct five misstatements about this bill and the weapons it contains that have already been made on the House floor this morning. First, these are not assault weapons. True assault weapons are true military weapons. That means…

I rise in support of the Chapman amendment and urge my colleagues to vote for it. It makes the point we wish to promote truth in sentencing around the country. It is my opinion that one of the greatest failings in the system today is that…

Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from New Jersey asked where did I get the idea that the policy in this bill as written is designed to release people that should not be released. The answer is in the idea of where alternative sentencing is…

I do not oppose the idea of alternative sentencing where it is deserved in the particular case, where a criminal can most likely be rehabilitated in society. The problem is that this provision that requires the management of resources, as…

in the last several minutes we have heard several lectures from members of the majority party to us on the minority side, particularly demanding that we on our side not politicize the coming crime bill. I find that remarkable, because the…

the bill, as presented to the House floor from the Committee on the Judiciary, said that one serious drug offense could be used as one of the three strikes for the purpose of life imprisonment. The House voted a moment ago to raise that to…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to urge a ``no'' vote on this rule. I agree with the gentleman from South Carolina that crime is an important issue for the country. It is probably the most important issue for our people right now. I have to say that I…

Of all the different aspects of trying to solve the problem of crime, which is a complex problem in my judgment, the single most identifiable problem is the repeat offender. That is the individual who has chosen to commit crimes as a…

the largest single program scheduled for termination by the President's budget is the Department of Justice's formula grant programs that provide aid to State and local law enforcement agencies. The administration's defense of this…

when the President released his budget yesterday to the Congress and to the American people, the administration touted the fact that there was a proposal to eliminate approximately 100 programs that the administration felt were no longer…