[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 46 (Wednesday, April 12, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H2126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    WE NEED TO WAGE WAR AGAINST METH

  (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, earlier this year an illegal meth 
amphetamine lab exploded on the 12th floor in a hotel in downtown Reno.
  So today, Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my strong support for a bill 
which my colleague the gentleman from California (Mr. Calvert) just 
spoke about and will be introducing today. His Working and Reacting 
Against Methamphetamine Act will wage a full scale and meaningful war 
against the methamphetamine epidemic that has spread throughout 
America.
  Mr. Speaker, last year, 1999, 44 States reported close to 6,000 meth 
lab seizures. Obviously, this is a growing problem that we must 
address.
  The War Against Methamphetamine Act will increase the penalties for 
producing both amphetamine and methamphetamine. The bill will also 
provide law enforcement officials with the necessary tools and 
resources to effectively combat the meth epidemic.
  We need to protect our children from the latest drug epidemic located 
in our open backyards. I encourage our colleagues to support the War 
Against Meth Act and its multifaceted approach to closing down meth 
labs nationwide.

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