[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 23348]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



          THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE: TOBACCO BAD, MARIJUANA GOOD

  (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, Washington is nothing if not a city 
of contradictions. Within one week, we have seen the Department of 
Justice launch a multibillion dollar lawsuit against tobacco, and then 
2 days ago we saw the President veto the D.C. appropriations spending 
bill because it contained a provision which would stop the District of 
Columbia from legalizing marijuana.

  What is the President's message? Tobacco bad, marijuana good.

  Mr. Speaker, recently this House passed a provision in the D.C. 
appropriations bill that reminded the District of Columbia that it 
remains part of the Union, part of America, subject to our laws and 
subject to our Constitution, prohibiting them from taking steps to 
legalize mind-altering controlled substances.

  While the President will not hold the line on this and encourages the 
use of marijuana in the District of Columbia, we must in this body hold 
the line and prohibit D.C. from legalizing controlled substances.

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