[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 54 (Wednesday, April 24, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3734]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          ALCOHOL AND CHILDREN

  (Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, we in this country, every 
one of us understands what this sign says. It is three frogs saying 
Budweiser. The trouble is that if you ask the average fourth and fifth 
graders in this country, they also know what it says. They know what it 
says more than they know what Tony the Tiger says. They know more about 
Budweiser than they know about Smokey Bear or the Mighty Morphin Power 
Rangers.
  People that do not think there is a problem with young people 
drinking alcohol in this country do not understand the facts. Alcohol 
abuse kills more young people in America than all other drugs combined. 
Junior high school and high school students drink 1.1 billion cans of 
beer each year, and Anheuser Busch's market share of this number is 70 
million 6-packs of Budweiser, equaling $200 million of sales to 
children.
  Let us put an end to trying to market to children a drug that 
unnecessarily kills far too many of our Nation's most vital natural 
resources.

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