Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 1540) supporting the goal of eradicating illicit marijuana cultivation on Federal lands and calling on the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to develop a coordinated strategy to permanently dismantle Mexican drug trafficking organizations operating on Federal lands, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The text of the resolution is as follows: H. Res. 1540 Whereas Mexican drug trafficking organizations and other criminal groups have established robust and dangerous marijuana plantations on Federal lands managed by the United States Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; Whereas the Office of National Drug Control Policy reported that 1,800,000 marijuana plants were eradicated from Federal lands in 2006, 2,890,000 marijuana plants were eradicated in 2007, and 4,000,000 marijuana plants were eradicated in 2008; Whereas former Director of National Drug Control Policy John P. Walters declared in 2007: ``America's public lands are under attack. Instead of being appreciated as national treasures, they are being exploited and destroyed by foreign drug trafficking organizations and heavily armed Mexican marijuana cartels who have turned them into ground zero for drug cultivation.…”