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Charles E. Schumer: We do not have to debate this over and over and over and over again. You lost the Rules vote. The Rules vote was a vote…

On the recordApril 20, 1994
We do not have to debate this over and over and over and over again. You lost the Rules vote. The Rules vote was a vote that was saying to the American people, ``We want a crime bill, but we do not want to dither the way we did last year and the year before and the year before.'' We can do all these procedural things and never have a crime bill. I urge we vote against the motion and get on with the people's business.
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Charles E. Schumer
New York

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Addressing the need to move forward with a crime bill during Senate floor debate.

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