Political Quotes

“If we are going to look at the totality of drug abuse in this country, we certainly have to look at the supply side where drugs come from, how they come across our borders, but we also have to look at the other issue, and that is the issue of demand, and how do we stop demand in our schools, in our neighborhoods, on our highways, in our prisons. How do we get at that? The gentleman who is the former chairman of the Committee on Commerce went at great length, and I think he has great concern, but we are trying to solve the problem. As the gentleman would know, this covers across the jurisdictions of six committees. Have there ever been hearings? Yes. I will tell my colleagues, in the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, we have had multiple hearings on this issue. This bill does entail areas and titles that deal with the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Act. Yes, it is time that we probably ought to authorize something that we have appropriated for.”