John Mica: “I come before the House at this hour to discuss primarily the issue of illegal narcotics and its effects on our young…”

“I come before the House at this hour to discuss primarily the issue of illegal narcotics and its effects on our young people and our country... I think I represent a new wave of thinking that has come here in the last few years that education decisions, education of our children, and decisions about education policy are best decided at the local level with parents, with local school boards, and through local initiatives. Then I think we also heard the argument that we are spending money on military defense and others, and this money could be converted into education. I might remind my colleagues in the House that the number one reason that we came together as a Nation to allow us to live a free life in a free society is in fact the principal reason for the formation of the United States, and that is the question of national security.”