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“SAVING LIVES CAN RESULT WHEN PEOPLE START OBEYING EXISTING LAWS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H3612 on May 26, 1999.
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SAVING LIVES CAN RESULT WHEN PEOPLE START OBEYING EXISTING LAWS
(Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to my colleague, the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez). I would say this, this does become a matter of priorities. We need to reach out and save American lives.
One way we can do that is by taking a careful, considered look at the problem of domestic violence and school violence, but also at the very real threat the Chinese now present to the American people.
Mr. Speaker, nuclear weapons are really big guns. They are not firecrackers. The grim reality is that this administration, the Clinton-Gore gang, took hundreds of thousands of dollars of campaign contributions from the Communist Chinese, and an arms dealer by the name of Wang Jun provided some of that money. Curiously, the Justice Department waived any restrictions. The result was, 100,000 assault weapons were turned loose in the city of Los Angeles, adding to the violence.
Mr. Speaker, it is one thing to talk about laws, and it is one thing to preen and posture on convictions, but the fact is, serious results come when people start by obeying existing laws.
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