[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 10, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H7163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 REINFORCEMENTS NEEDED IN WAR ON DRUGS

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, for months President Clinton 
promised to protect our children from the addiction of cigarettes, but 
what about drugs? When Clinton got in office, he slashed the drug 
czar's staff by 83 percent, he eliminated 200 to 400 DEA agents, and he 
took the priority of drugs from top on the national security list to 
bottom. At the same time, marijuana use went up for 12- to 13-year-olds 
by 13 percent.
  Sunday, the Dallas Morning News reported Mexican drug smugglers 
seized ranches on the Texas border for smuggling marijuana, cocaine, 
and heroin.
  Our border is at risk. Our ranchers are helpless. County and city 
officials are corrupted. President Clinton's all-talk-and-no-action 
drug policy has led to an invasion of our borders.
  It is time we responded. Mr. Speaker, we need our Armed Forces to 
stop the invasion of the United States of America.

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