[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 24 (Tuesday, March 10, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H919]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   WE MUST WIN THE WAR AGAINST 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, heroin has claimed another 
young life in my hometown of Plano, Texas. A total of 13 young people 
have died from heroin there within the past year.
  The local police are doing their very best to stop drugs in our 
schools, but they are being stretched beyond their limits. They need 
our help now.
  I have been working with members of the North Texas delegation to 
have the Dallas-Fort Worth area designated as a HIDTA, a High Intensity 
Drug Trafficking Area, but this administration has been dragging its 
feet. This is a real war, and we need the resources and armor of our 
Federal law enforcement agencies to stop drug flow now. I urge General 
McCaffrey to approve the HIDTA designation as soon as possible.
  Speaker Gingrich said just yesterday our first goal ought to be to 
win the war against drugs. We must win this war. The survival of our 
children depends on it.

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