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Mark Neumann: When we think about the war on drugs or bringing education back to number one in the world for our kids here in America…

On the recordMarch 10, 1998
When we think about the war on drugs or bringing education back to number one in the world for our kids here in America, can this goal, can this job of getting from where we are today to a drug-free America and back to where our education is number one in the world, can that really be tougher than what we have already been through between 1995 and today, getting to a balanced budget, actually lowering taxes, restoring Medicare for our senior citizens? When we think about this, a lot of people would look at this and go, ``We can't do this.'' What I am suggesting tonight is that we dare to dream, because you have got to have the dream before you can bring about the results, and we commit ourselves to this dream in the same way we committed ourselves to getting to a balanced budget, to starting to pay down the debt, to lowering taxes for our families and to restoring Medicare for our senior citizens.
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Mark Neumann
Wisconsin

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Discussing the challenges of achieving a drug-free America and improving education during a speech.

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