Bob Barr: “This amendment is important because what it attacks is both bad science and bad policy of the Clinton administration. It…”

“This amendment is important because what it attacks is both bad science and bad policy of the Clinton administration. It is bad science because there is no evidence whatsoever that providing addicts an easy way to accomplish their actions, that is injecting their bodies with deadly mind-altering drugs, is diminished or reduced in any way, shape, or form by providing them the means with which to inject their bodies with deadly mind-altering substances. This is bad policy, Mr. Chairman, because what it does, that is the underlying policy of the Clinton administration, is to, in effect, launder money into drug needle exchange programs through grants from the CDC that are otherwise prohibited directly by Federal law. And the Congress, all of us, whether we like needle exchange programs or we do not like needle exchange programs, should have some concern over the integrity of laws that the Congress passes and stand up to an administration, whether it is Republican or Democrat, that is flouting the intent of the law passed by Congress and say, you cannot do that.”