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Joseph Knollenberg: “I am happy to respond. I share your concerns. And I thank my colleague for raising this very important issue today. He…”

On the recordJune 13, 2006
I am happy to respond. I share your concerns. And I thank my colleague for raising this very important issue today. He correctly points out that the bill includes $227 million for HIDTA, the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program. The subcommittee has funded this important program again this year, even though the President requested that the program be transferred to the Department of Justice at a reduced level of funding. I would be happy to work with the gentleman from Nevada as this bill moves forward. We can work together to make sure that the issue of methamphetamine and other drug trafficking as it relates to Nevada is forthrightly addressed in the final budget for this account.
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Joseph Knollenberg
Republican · Michigan
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