Pat Meehan: “We should not have to have this debate, because fighting crime is a bipartisan issue; it is not an issue that should be…”

“We should not have to have this debate, because fighting crime is a bipartisan issue; it is not an issue that should be pitting Democrats against Republicans or having Republicans concerned because President Clinton got too much credit in the last campaign. Let us take this program that works and let it be implemented all over America, and let Republicans and Democrats alike stand up and say we created a program that worked, that reduced crime. This is what we ought to be looking at, hard cold facts, not sticking our fingers into the political wind to determine what people might think.”