[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 28269]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING METH PROVISIONS IN PATRIOT ACT

  (Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, meth threatens lives, safety, 
and health at great cost to all of us. That is why the meth provisions 
included in the PATRIOT Act reauthorization are so important.
  I am pleased this legislation contains several significant provisions 
I authored, including enhanced criminal penalties originally a part of 
the anti-meth SLAM Act I introduced with Representative Darlene Hooley. 
This bill also contains a drug certification provision I authored to 
stop the flow of meth from Mexico.
  I thank Chairmen Sensenbrenner and Souder for their extraordinary 
leadership in moving this bill to the floor. I urge its swift passage. 
Doing so will send a strong signal that Congress is serious about 
fighting the scourge of meth.
  We must send a signal to the pushers of this poison that they are not 
welcome in our communities. We must send a signal to the law 
enforcement officers who wake up every morning to protect our families 
that we stand with them in the fight against drugs and will work to 
give them every tool they need to be successful.
  I urge all of my colleagues to support this important bill.

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