[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 7 (Wednesday, February 2, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 2, 1994]
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                     WHAT ARE WE SAYING ``YES'' TO?

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, President Clinton said he wanted to ``Give 
people, especially our young people, something to say yes to.'' But 
what does the Clinton social agenda encourage our children to say yes 
to? The Secretary of Health and Human Services launched an ad campaign 
for condoms, suggesting kids could say ``yes'' to sex. The Surgeon 
General suggested saying ``yes'' to legalizing drugs. And now there is 
going to be a needle exchange program that says ``yes'' to heroin and 
crack cocaine. At the same time, in its ``treatment first, last and 
only'' program, the Clinton administration has gutted the Office of 
National Drug Control and scaled back Coast Guard interdiction. Like 
most Americans, I am not ready to abandon our ``Say No to Drugs'' 
campaign just because the President wants our kids to have something to 
``say yes'' to.

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