Senate Proceeding 05-07-09 on May 7th, 2009 :: 0:00:30 to 0:05:49
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nation's nextrug czar is going

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Speech By: Patty Murray

Introduces debate on nomination of Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske

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to face a number of key challenges.

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the office of drug control

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policy is going to play a

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leading role in addressing the

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drug-related violence in mexico and along an area where if we don't take the right steps to tackle problems today we will most certainly see the spread of violence and drugs into towns and neighborhoods thousands of miles from the mexican border. we also know from history that as the economy falls, rises, and that crime is growing

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at the same time that law enforcement agencies across the country face painful cutbacks and greater strains on their personnel and resources. it is therefore incumbent upon the next drug czar to hen sure that law enforcement at all levels is working smarter

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forging new relationships and leveraging the resources they have. we will have to and -- in prescription drug abuse, the continued scourge of methamphetamine use and the our commuties due to drug trafficking. mr. president, seattle police chief gil kerlikowske is the

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right man to address these big challenges. chief kerlikowske brings a fresh, new perspective to the job as the nation's drug czar. he is a cop's cop, and perspective wa shaped patrolling the streets in florida, new york, and washington state. along the way he has helped thousands of people touched by violence and drugs.

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he and the law enforcement officials that he has led have been on the frontlines of our nation's war against illicit narcotics and in keeping our communities safe. and i know that he will bring this hands-on perspective to his job as our nation's drug czar. chief kerlikowske also

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understands the importance of partnerships between ondcp and our state and law enforcement communities because he's been on the local level. as the head of the major city's chief organization, which represents the 63 largest police departments in the united states, he sees the common problems facing cities across the country.

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i've seen this work firsthand as seattle police chief. this past december under chief kerlikowske's leadership in the police department in cop ration with federal and count -- cooperation with federal and other counties, he was able to break a drug ring that stretched from

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and chief kerlikowske worked cooperatively to reach a response for gang violence. he built a coalition with the king county sheriff's office with the washington department of corrections and the a.t.f. and other community leaders to tackle persistent gang violence in our neighborhoods.

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these multiagency federal low partnerships require cooperation and compromise and they require a leader with chief kerlikowske's experience to bring them all together. local police chiefs and sheriffs have told me they are sorry to see him go. but the nation is gaining a true innovator in gil kerlikowske. i know that he's going to continue to work on these

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relationships with local law enforcement across the country. and this approach will make all of our communities safer. mr. president, chief kerlikowske also understands that the drug war will not only be won on the streets but in our courtrooms an homes. for -- and our homes.

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he has been with fight prime, invest in kids. under the guidance of chief kerlikowske, this group has focused on prevention by fighting for early childhood intervention funding, afterschool programs. chief kerlikowske knows the best way to end the use of drugs and spread of crime is to prevent it.

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and he will bring that commonsense approach to ondpp. gil kerlikowske has served our state well and he will serve the nation well. i am so proud to support his confirmation. in a few short minutes the senate will vote on his confirmation, and i'm very proud to stand here today to tell my colleagues they will

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that they voted with us to confirm i yield the flo the absence of a quoru ththe presiding officer: the senator

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mrs. murray: be charged equally sides. the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mrs. murray: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be lifted. and i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call will be divided equally between both sides. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mrs. murray: i suggest the

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absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll.