Political Quotes

“Drug dealers, while the economy is good, while there are jobs out there, you better start looking for another job, because here comes some aggressive legislation that is going to be serious about the war on drugs. These bills that we are passing today are going to be the beginning of a serious effort to get rid of a serious problem in this Nation. I have been holding drug forums across my district in Charlotte, in Battle Creek, in Jackson, in Adrian, in Hillsdale and Branch counties. What has impressed me the most is that if communities get involved, if parents start taking action, then it happens. We cannot do it just here in Washington, D.C., and that is why the Drug-Free Communities Act, that is why this kind of legislation that starts empowering local communities and parents makes a huge difference. Just a couple of statistics. If a youngster does not use drugs before they are 19 years old, then there is a 90 percent chance that they will never have a drug problem. If parents talk to their kids about the dangers of using drugs, then you reduce the chances of those kids ever having a drug problem by 33 percent.”