William Helms: “Mr. President, more than 80 percent of the cocaine, and most of the…”

On the recordJune 21, 2000

Mr. President, more than 80 percent of the cocaine, and most of the heroin flooding America's streets comes from Colombia. That is just one of many reasons why helping honest Colombians is an urgent and absolute necessity. Today, Colombia's democratically elected government is besieged by blood-thirsty communist guerrillas who have gone into business with narcotraffickers, and, Mr. President, without U.S. help, Colombia may very well lose its fight with these narcoterrorists--and that is why the United States must move swiftly to help President Andres Pastrana save the second oldest democracy in the Americas. I support doing whatever it takes to save Colombia--not only because of the enormous cost of drugs to our country but because the United States of America should stand with a decent, democratic government in our own hemisphere that is threatened by Marxist terrorist groups.

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William Helms

Republican · New Jersey

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Addressing U.S. support for Colombia in the fight against narcotraffickers and guerrillas.

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William Helms: “Mr. President, more than 80 percent of the cocaine, and most of the heroin flooding America's streets comes from…”

Editor's note · Context