Political Quotes

“I rise in opposition to this questionable election year resolution. I do so as one who chose personally to never experiment with marijuana, either inhaling or not inhaling, and who shares the professed concerns of the supporters of this resolution that we do nothing to glamourize the recreational use of marijuana. I think that the gentleman from California has just made 2 points that deserve further consideration. One is he suggests that we read the resolution. I have. Not all of the electioneering in the early ``whereas'' clauses, but what this resolution actually does. All that it does is to ask the Attorney General for some data which a phone call or one 32-cent stamp would probably produce. The other thing it does is to place Congress on record in telling the States that they ought not to pass anymore initiatives on this subject. I suggest that is going to be about as meaningful as them getting up and making this list of speeches this afternoon as far as the views of people in the individual States. The gentleman from California also makes an important comparison between marijuana and tobacco. This House has chosen to do absolutely nothing about a much more addictive drug, that being nicotine, that threatens the lives of thousands of our young people each day.”