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Charles Norwood: “I strongly rise to support the amendment of the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Traficant). I think the gentleman is precisely…”

On the recordMay 21, 1998
I strongly rise to support the amendment of the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Traficant). I think the gentleman is precisely right. It is time this country did something about drugs. If we think the border patrol is doing it, then let us ask ourselves why do we have 20,000 young people a year dying from drug overdoses? It is time to use our best, but any method we need to stop drugs in this country. I cannot tell the gentleman how strongly I feel that he is exactly right. Put the 82nd Airborne on maneuvers down there if you want to stop drugs. You have the safeguards in the bill to take care of the terrible tragedy we had before, but the tragedy is you cannot stop it in my hometown, and you cannot stop it in the State. We have got to stop it on the borders, and our military can do the job.
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Charles Norwood
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Supporting an amendment to address drug issues during a congressional debate.

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