[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 23, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES RECERTIFICATION OF MEXICO AS COOPERATING PARTNER 
                            IN WAR ON DRUGS

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, a government report says last year not 
one major drug dealer was arrested in Mexico. Last year, seizures of 
drugs and arrests for drugs in Mexico declined. Last year, they say 
nearly all of the drugs and narcotics sold on the streets of America 
come from Mexico.
  Think about it. America is drowning in cocaine and heroin; and, after 
all that, the White House has announced they will once again certify 
Mexico as a full cooperating partner in our war on drugs. Beam me up 
here.
  Mexico is a partner all right, with Colombian drug dealers, not with 
Uncle Sam, and this tough love policy is just not working. Ladies and 
gentlemen of Congress, there is no war on drugs without the help of the 
military at our border. It is time to get on to that discussion.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back all the addiction, death and health care 
costs in our country.

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