Bob Wise: “I too join to thank the chairman and to urge support of this en bloc amendment, including the amendments offered by the…”

“I too join to thank the chairman and to urge support of this en bloc amendment, including the amendments offered by the gentleman from California, the gentleman from Washington, the gentleman from California, the gentleman from Michigan, and myself, which would restore integrity to the Byrne program for our area, particularly in West Virginia, but for all areas across the country. This guarantees that the multijurisdictional drug task forces which have been so successful, and the DARE Program, the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program can continue. This has been a bipartisan effort to restore these programs. They are very essential to our rural areas, so I urge support of these en bloc amendments. This gets the money to our State and local law enforcement where it does the most good. Mr. Chairman, as many of you know, I have supported the Byrne Formula Grant Program since its inception. In my home State of West Virginia this program provides critical resources for local law enforcement efforts that could not be funded otherwise.”