WHITrEN. who. in speaking on the Justice appropriations bill a few weeks ago. said we should handle a national emergency of this sort by taking it out from under the budget ceilings as *the President has done in other areas. Today. I call on the President to join with the Congress in declaring drug abuse and drug crime national emergencies and to work together to find the resources necessary for an effective drug strategy. The budget agreement has not stopped us from finding billions of dollars to bail out failing financial Institutions. to fight a Persian Gulf war and to aid the refugees that war left in its wake. Protecting the American people from drugs Is no less of an emergency and demands no less of a response.
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