[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 22210]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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   ILLEGAL DRUGS SHOULD REMAIN ILLEGAL, EVEN IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL

  (Mr. BARR of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, some are urging President Clinton 
to veto the fiscal year 2000 D.C. appropriations bill, not because it 
spends too little, not because it spends too much, but, get this, 
because it simply contains a provision that says the District of 
Columbia can take no steps to legalize mind-altering drugs.
  Now we know that about 70 percent of D.C. voters want to legalize 
drugs, including the current and, of course, the former mayor. That 
comes as no surprise. What would come as a surprise is if President 
Clinton vetoes this bill because it simply says illegal drugs remain 
illegal in our Nation's capital. Hopefully, the President, rather than 
listen to these folks, will listen to America's parents, police 
officers and his own drug policy head, General Barry McCaffrey; sign 
this D.C. appropriations bill and remind the District
of Columbia that it remains part of the Union and subject to federal 
antidrug laws.

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