Political Quotes

“the gentleman from Illinois, Denny Hastert, the gentleman from Florida, John Mica, the gentleman from Indiana, Mark Souder, and I just returned from a counternarcotics trip to Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru. We met with various leaders in the anti-drug effort, including Peru's President Fujimori and Colombia's National Police Chief Serrano. We also met the brave Americans from several of our Government agencies in those countries, with armed patrols who went into the jungles of Bolivia and Peru where the bulk of the world's coca leaf is grown and processed in primitive drug labs. We watched as Bolivian antidrug units destroyed a pit where cocaine was made to ship to Colombia and Mexico, and then be shipped into our country. The deadly cocaine and heroin destroying our communities starts in the jungle and ends up in the streets of New Hampshire. We have people risking and even losing their lives on the front line. We need to get a commitment from our people and our national leaders to refocus our efforts on winning this war. Drugs and crime together are our Nation's No. 1 national security threat. We need to get everybody, from the President and Congress to teachers, parents, and media, talking about this threat to our Nation.”