Kit Bond: “I raise my very serious concern about the Clinton administration's lack of leadership in combating a real source of…”

“I raise my very serious concern about the Clinton administration's lack of leadership in combating a real source of crime, disruption and dangers in American society, a scourge, if you will. I am here to talk about the great and growing problem of drug abuse. According to a poll by Peter D. Hart Research Associates, 7 in 10 Americans see drug abuse as a greater problem now than it was 5 years ago. Only 5 percent believe elected officials are doing everything possible to solve the problem. Now, on other issues, I have watched the President, assisted by his pollster, Stan Greenberg, eagerly respond to citizens' concerns. That is why I am so surprised, at a time when the President has been very vocal about the dangers of misusing guns, there has been no comparable rhetoric on the equally, if not more, deadly misuse of drugs. President Clinton's deafening silence on the death issue is, most unfortunately, consistent with his administration's abdication of its responsibility to fight at the front lines in the war against drugs.”