Political Quotes

“if you were to listen to this debate, you would assume that this bill has zero in it for meth. I urge Members to turn to page 11. I know nobody reads the reports here, and it is pretty obvious, but in order to help Federal, State and local law enforcement address the meth epidemic, the recommendation provides $367 million for the Justice Assistance Grants which the administration proposed to eliminate, $99 million for meth specific grants, which is the authorized level, and $58 million above the budget request, $40,000 for drug core programs, an increase of $30 million with regard to that. You act as if we haven't done anything on meth. This amendment will devastate the census. I mean, no good deed goes unpunished in this institution sometimes. The administration zeros all this out. We met with every Member. Every Member that approached the committee, we tried to sit down and work it out with them to the best of it, to no avail. Then we just accepted the Reichert amendment. God bless Mr. Reichert for his efforts. He has probably forgotten more about this than most other Members, $25 million more that has just been accepted. Now we come out with another 50, 50, 50. Then, where does he get the money from? I think in the Constitution they talk about the census. It is my sense that that is in the census in the Constitution.…”