[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 100 (Tuesday, July 9, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H7121]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            THE WAR ON DRUGS NEEDS MORE THAN A 2-DAY SUMMIT

  (Mr. JONES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, my fellow colleagues and I are well aware of 
the danger and tremendous problems that drugs pose on our society.
  What America needs is a sound and tough drug policy to fight this 
threat to society. Mr. Speaker, what America doesn't need is more 
election-year political posturing.
  Today and tomorrow, the Clinton administration is sponsoring a 2-day 
summit. This is just one way the White House is attempting to fool the 
American public, that they are committed to the war on drugs.
  Mr. Speaker, if the Clinton administration was actually serious about 
fighting drugs, they would have asked their New York judge to resign 
after he freed an admitted drug runner and refused to allow 75 pounds 
of cocaine to be used as evidence.
  Mr. Speaker, the Republican commonsense approach to the war on drugs 
is simple and effective. Give law enforcement the funding for resources 
necessary to fight this problem, not a 2-day summit on border patrols.

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