[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 29, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1482]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AMENDMENT TO SUPPLEMENTAL REGARDING EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR METHAMPHETAMINE 
                                  LABS

  (Mr. HUTCHINSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. Speaker, this House will vote today on a 
supplemental spending bill. It will help maintain peace in Kosovo and 
fight narcoterrorists in Colombia. However, there is one emergency that 
is not addressed.
  For that reason, I will be offering an amendment to help our States 
and communities pay for the cleanup of methamphetamine labs, those 
dangerous and deadly meth labs. It is truly an emergency.
  The Drug Enforcement Administration is currently out of money to help 
our States on meth lab cleanups. My colleagues hear it in their States; 
I hear it in my State.
  My amendment will give the DEA $15 million to get through this year 
in helping our States and our local police. It is not new money, but it 
is a reallocation of the COPS program. It will make a difference to our 
communities; but more importantly, it will keep our police moving 
forward on reducing the production of meth that is tearing apart our 
families, our communities, and destroying lives.
  Mr. Speaker, for that reason, I would ask my colleagues to support 
that amendment when it is offered.

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