Mr. Speaker, it is truly heartening to sit on this floor and watch my colleagues on the other side of the aisle trip over themselves to embrace Project Exile and find a way to somehow do it without giving credit to the creators of the program. Project Exile, as we all know here, is a Clinton administration policy. It was put into place by a Clinton-appointed U.S. Attorney. 

There are good reasons why my friends are rushing to adopt Clinton's crime-fighting strategies. Simply put, they have been the most successful in history. Violent crime has dropped 20 percent between 1992 and 1998. Since 1993, funding for State and local law enforcement has increased by nearly 300 percent, due in large part to the crime bill that so many of my Republican friends oppose. 

Twenty-two percent more criminals are incarcerated for State and Federal weapons charges than when the Clinton administration took office. The number of prosecutions has increased by more than 34 percent under the Clinton administration. The bottom line is this chart. Since 1992, violent crimes with firearms have dropped precipitously under Bill Clinton and Janet Reno. 

But my friends, as they try to ride the Clinton coattails on crime, they have made some mistakes, some omissions.

First, they have left out the other half of the crime-fighting plan, and that is reasonable gun control legislation, gun locks, an enhanced Brady law. 

I could not help noticing they also left out about 40 States. Surprise, Florida is not one of them. I am shocked that Texas is one of the States that is eligible. Apparently, if one's Governor is not named Bush, they really do not need to apply to this program this year. 

I just hope, Mr. Speaker, that when this Clinton Project Exile comes to Florida and comes to Texas, I hope Governor Jeb and Governor W. stand up and invite Janet Reno to the press conference, because she deserves the credit for the results.