Fighting crime is serious business. It requires a two pronged approach: One is priority prosecution to remove those individuals, the worst offenders, from society and put them away for as long as you can get them away. The challenge we…

And when I hear the rhetoric back and forth and all of these theories that seem to come out of political polls, focus groups, here is the evidence that matters: This is community policing in one particular community that shows a dramatic…

President Bush certainly was a supporter of midnight basketball; so during that period of time it was not so much of a partisan issue. I think if more people had the experience, those who served had the experience of watching a community…

I would like to point out, my colleague, the gentlewoman from Texas [Ms. Jackson-Lee], had talked about gang violence and what the difference is when the community police officers get into that community and learn that community. When I…

The 23 percent figure that you mentioned is consistent with the figures here that are up in the first year of community policing in the city of Lowell. For example, burglaries, down 34 percent; residential burglaries, down 32 percent…

The point that the gentlewoman made relative to getting police officers into the community is important for two respects. One is, you can reduce crime. But my experience has been, we have a DA up in Middlesex County, Tom Riley, who has…

When was the last time the gentleman saw a program where you could apply for a grant on one sheet, anyone could fill it out, any police department? Not only that, when is the last time the gentleman saw a Federal program produce results so…

There will be absolutely zero earmarked. What they are attempting to do is put money into block grants and send them to communities, and hope that those communities use the money correctly, and hope that those communities are on the…

I challenge Members of Congress to take some time during their recess to go into a district attorney's office and volunteer, whether it be volunteer to work with attorneys on cases, whether it be to volunteer with victim witness advocates…

We are going to commit extra moneys, we are going to take money out of other sections of the bill and give it to build still more prisons without even having--we talk about local mandates, how people, once these prisons are…

I do not remember any time the Federal Government undertook such a major project, putting 100,000 police officers on American streets, and did it so quickly without really any of the bureaucratic messes that have plagued other programs in…

let me first of all say to the gentleman from Michigan, Congressman Stupak, I want to congratulate the gentleman for his efforts. One of the ways I think we are better able to articulate what we need to do in the fight against crime is to…

Just this past September President Clinton signed into law the smartest, most comprehensive, toughest crime bill in the history of this country. This legislation was the result of input over a 6-year period from Members of Congress and law…

I want to refer to the experience that I had before I was elected to the Congress 2 years ago. I was the first assistant district attorney in Middlesex County, which is the largest county in Massachusetts. And in that position, I had an…

a few weeks ago, I invited voters from my district to a meeting in Concord, MA. to try their hand at cleaning up the budget mess. Roughly 260 people took me up on the offer. They broke into small groups, and went to work drawing up plans…