John Mica: “I am pleased to come back to the floor tonight, and as usual on Tuesday nights, I try to address the House and the…”

“I am pleased to come back to the floor tonight, and as usual on Tuesday nights, I try to address the House and the American people on the subject of the illegal narcotics situation. As I have stated many times on the floor of the House of Representatives, I take this issue very seriously. I chair the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight charged with the responsibility of trying to coordinate and get back on track our war on drugs. And I do say get back on track our war on drugs because, as I have stated many times in detail, last week in my remarks, the war on drugs basically was closed down in 1993 with the beginning of the Clinton administration. When the Clinton-Gore administration controlled both the White House, they controlled substantial majorities in the House of Representatives, in the United States Senate, and in 2 years of domination completely destroyed, completely dismantled almost all of our international narcotics efforts, took apart the cost-effective source country programs that stopped drugs very cost effectively in their production, in their route, at their source in the countries that produce them.”