Asa Hutchinson: “I think it is a good one because it focuses our energies and our Nation's energies on a very important subject which is…”

“I think it is a good one because it focuses our energies and our Nation's energies on a very important subject which is what we need to do to save the lives of young people, to save our communities from this scourge of drugs. Now, I just want to remind my colleagues on this side of the aisle that this supplemental appropriation bill started with this President. President Clinton submitted a request to this Congress, and in that request he asked for $1.2 billion in counternarcotics funding. It is on an emergency basis. So this is not something that was just created by this side of the aisle saying that we need to do this. It was this administration, it was this President that said there is an extraordinary emergency in Colombia that affects the national security interests of this Nation, and this Congress needs to address it.”