Political Quotes

“Mr. President, a few days ago or a few weeks--about 2 weeks ago, I was surprised to read in an article that, as part of the American Rescue Plan, there was this $30-million program that would be sending drug paraphernalia to people suffering from addiction in this country. And so I said something about it, and the administration came out and said that is not true. We are not going to use it for that. We are not going to be sending out crack pipes or meth pipes to anybody. In fact, they even wrote a letter to a fellow Senator here in that regard. So then I said, well, since--let's just make sure. Right? Like, let's just file a bill language that just makes it clear that we are not going to be sending drug paraphernalia like a pipe or things that work with a pipe, that taxpayers aren't going to be paying for that. And lo and behold, I was surprised by the response. And now, when you read more carefully the letter that they wrote to Senator Blackburn, you see exactly what the problem is here. They don't plan on sending crack pipes or meth pipes to anybody. What they plan on sending is what they call a mouthpiece. And a mouthpiece isn't what you think. It is not like some flat thing that you put in your mouth. No, the mouthpiece is basically the cylindrical tube-- straw-looking thing--that you attach to the crack pipe. So the pipe will have to be shared by the addicts, but they are each going to have their own little tube that they can attach to smoke it.…”