[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 50 (Wednesday, April 29, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                IN OPPOSITION TO NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, the scourge of illegal drug use in this 
country has reached epidemic proportions. Countless hours and lives 
have been lost fighting to free our communities from the grasp of these 
drugs.
  Given the severity of the situation, how does the Clinton 
Administration plan to continue the fight? They want to give out free 
needles to drug addicts.
  Shoot me up, Mr. Speaker. What next? Free drugs?
  This cannot be his brilliant battle plan to win the war on drugs. If 
it is, Mr. Speaker, I shudder to think of the President's plan for the 
rest of society's ills. Are we going to give out free pornography to 
sex offenders? Heaven forbid the United States should in any way 
inconvenience those who are breaking the law.
  It is discouraging to see the White House embrace such a defeatist 
policy. It goes against the values upon which this great country was 
founded.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in opposing this free needle policy.

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