[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 PRESIDENT AND THE WAR ON DRUGS

  (Mr. FUNDERBURK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, Bill Clinton is using tobacco as a 
politically correct whipping boy while he ignores marijuana, cocaine 
and heroin trafficking and the crime associated with it. Teenage 
marijuana use has more than doubled on Bill Clinton's watch, but it is 
no surprise that kids are inhaling under this administration.
  Just days after taking office, the President cut the office of the 
drug czar by 80 percent. In its first 3 years he eliminated 227 agent 
positions for the DEA. We all remember his Surgeon General, Joycelyn 
Elders, who talked about legalizing cocaine.
  I would say to the President, Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, you can 
continue to attack an adult legal product which is the livelihood of 
thousands of hard-working farmers in North Carolina, but you cannot 
hide the fact that illegal drug use among teenagers have skyrocketed. 
You have proven to the Hollywood elite you are serious about stopping 
smoking. Now, Mr. President, convince the American public you are 
serious about stopping drugs.

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