[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 10, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10115]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           WHERE ARE THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S PRIORITIES?

  (Mr. RIGGS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. RIGGS. Madam Speaker, I think we should remember 3 weeks ago the 
Clinton administration released a startling report on drug abuse. It 
showed increases in drug use of almost unbelievable proportions. In 
just 1 year cocaine use among 12- to 17-year-olds has increased 166 
percent; one year, 166 percent. That is completely unacceptable.
  But we have to realize that when we have a President who all but 
ignores this problem, it is no wonder that we have a soaring rate of 
drug use in America. Within just a few days of becoming President, 
President Clinton slashed the budget of the drug czar's office by 80 
percent.
  Madam Speaker, President Reagan and Mrs. Reagan proved the importance 
of a bully pulpit, using the Presidency as a bully pulpit. They set a 
standard of behavior for children of the eighties when they said, 
``Just say no.'' Today we have an administration that seems to be 
confused about what message they ought to deliver to our children.
  It makes us wonder, Madam Speaker, where are this administration's 
priorities?

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