Expanded Law Enforcement Washington, DC Sen. Chuck Grassley today joined a group of lawmakers calling for an increase in funding for counter-drug initiatives and charging that the budget offered earlier this week by President Bill Clinton shortchanges important efforts to strengthen interdiction of illegal drugs at U.S. borders. Grassley said Republican leaders in the Senate took prompt action on the priorities spelled out in last year's plan by developing a comprehensive counter-narcotics bill known as S.5, or The Drug Free Century Act of 1999. We need a commitment to stocking the arsenal through the legislative process.
Presidential leadership is very important to making our effort a success.
Grassley today identified specific shortcomings in the administration budget and pledged to direct additional resources to the war on drugs. He said the goals could be accomplished with passage of the various components of S.5. S.5 continues in the direction we achieved last year by renewing a focus on international eradication and interdiction efforts and continuing support for community-based demand reduction efforts. In Iowa, methamphetamine has swept across the state in recent years. Even so, as much as 85 percent of the meth in Iowa comes from Mexico, either directly over the border or through California.