Political Quotes

“This amendment would authorize $10 million to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to conduct a study on how certain technologies can help law enforcement officers detect whether a driver is impaired by marijuana. Impaired driving is a serious issue that takes thousands of lives every year. Unfortunately, the Democrats only want to address this problem after they create it. Legalizing marijuana will undoubtedly lead to more drivers being impaired by marijuana. Democrats want to legalize marijuana and then provide law enforcement with a study on how they might be able to detect drivers impaired by marijuana. Why wouldn't we start with giving law enforcement the resources they need? This doesn't make any sense, and the lack of support for law enforcement from Democrats in this bill shouldn't surprise us. Nowhere in this bill is there any funding for law enforcement related to marijuana. Let's fix the existing problems before making more. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”