I know Chairman HYDE said it was controversial based on the fact that in the Committee on the Judiciary a wide range of members of the minority raised serious questions about it. The reason I say it is difficult to understand why it is controversial is very simply that we in making that statement are questioning the ability of State and local elected officials. people who are elected by the same constituents who elect us. were questioning their ability to make the very tough decisions that each community faces as it relates to crime. I have the privilege of representing a portion of Los Angeles County. and we have very serious crime problems in Southern California stemming from illegal immigration and a wide range of other problems that frankly are unique to southern California. In the 1994 crime bill. Mr.
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