Political Quotes

“over the last two days we have been debating in the Senate various amendments aimed at curbing drunk driving--a devastating byproduct of alcohol consumption. Today, I want to raise another alcohol-related issue--that of drinking on college campuses. In recent years, we have all heard the stories about college students who are dying because of alcohol. A drunk student falls out of a dorm window in Virginia. Students from Massachusetts to Mississippi die of alcohol poisoning--drinking so much so fast that the alcohol literally kills them. In fact, so far this academic year, there have been at least 17 college students who have died in binge drinking incidents. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated minority of college students. According to surveys, 44 percent of college students are binge drinkers, and nearly one in every five college students is a frequent binge drinker. This is not what parents expect when they send their kids off to college. It is time for the culture on college campuses to change. So, today, I am submitting a sense-of-the-Senate resolution calling on college and university administrators to carry out activities to reduce alcohol consumption on college campuses. This resolution--the Collegiate Initiative to Reduce Binge Drinking--was first submitted in the other body by Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts. I want to commend him for his initiative, and thank him for allowing me to join in this effort.”