“We don't have experience with losing the infrastructure in a country with 300 million people, most of whom don't live in a way that provides for their own food and other needs.”
About every 6 hours we have another billion dollar deficit, which means another billion dollars in debt. We spend almost as much on our military as all the rest of the world put together.
I recognized that this disparity which discriminated against lower income individuals who more often use crack was not justified by the effects of crack compared to powder cocaine and I introduced a bill to address it.