Mark Kelly: “President Clinton is hosting a 2-day drug summit in El Paso, but 2 days hardly make up for his administration's 3…”

“President Clinton is hosting a 2-day drug summit in El Paso, but 2 days hardly make up for his administration's 3 rac{1}{2} years of neglect. But let's see what the numbers really say: Total drug-related cases are up 30 percent; cocaine use is up 33 percent; heroin use is up 77 percent; marijuana use is up 108 percent; and methamphetamine use is up an alarming 308 percent. No rhetoric, just the facts. But, Mr. Speaker, these facts have a brutal impacts on our society, especially our Nation's children. I've worked in the emergency rooms where these children come in. I've seen how these drugs can destroy generations of families. How has our President responded? He cut the DEA agents by 227. He shortened mandatory minimum sentences for convicted drug traffickers. And he even mothballed nine Coast Guard ships and seven aircraft that were needed to stem the flow of drugs into this country. No, Mr. Speaker, 2 days cannot make up for lapses of this magnitude. President Clinton has abandoned our Nation's drug control efforts and it is our children who will bear this heavy burden.”