Political Quotes

“I come to this Chamber as former assistant attorney general. I spent 7 years in the Arizona attorney general's office, in the fight against crime and in the fight against drugs. I think there are some points that need to be made that I am gravely concerned about. I am concerned about them because I am the father of a 14-year-old daughter who is in junior high this year and next year will begin high school, and I am told that drug use will be prevalent and drugs will be available in every high school she can go to, no matter whether we select a private high school or a public high school. Today I want to compliment the chairman of the Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice, the gentleman from New Hampshire, William Zeliff. Today they released, and it will be made public 5 days from now, their 'National Drug Policy: A Review of the Status of the Drug War in America.' Now, many people listening tonight might say, 'Well, we can really win the drug war in America,' and they would make that argument. What this report shows and what is of grave concern to me is that one thing is clear. We may not be able to win the war against drugs, but when we surrender any effort to stop drugs, when we give up on that war, there are consequences, and I would like to talk about some of those consequences.”