Political Quotes

“We are doing our part in Congress to revitalize this war on drugs. We just passed the Commerce, State, Justice appropriations bill, which will improve our enforcement and interdiction efforts. It increases the funding substantially. I think, however, once we have done this, the President is going to have to help us regain the initiative by demonstrating that the administration is just as concerned about this effort as is the Congress. Of course, another option is to elect a President who really seems to care about this effort. But that is another matter. Let me say in conclusion, this effort should be bipartisan. It has to be coordinated. The President and the Congress have to join in the effort, and we have to convince the younger people in our country that the trend of drug use that is now going up must be reversed if their future is going to be great and if the future of America is going to be great, because all Americans bear the cost of drug abuse through increased crime and increased taxes to pay for welfare and other social programs and all the other costs to society that can't be measured. It is time to resume the drug war. America's future is at stake.”