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Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006

Date: June 16, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending


SCIENCE, STATE, JUSTICE, COMMERCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006 -- (House of Representatives - June 16, 2005)

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Ms. WATERS. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this very important amendment. This amendment would simply cause to have funds withheld for State or local antidrug task forces that do not collect and make publicly available data as to the racial distribution of convictions made as a result of their operation. This is so important. I had many of the members from Tulia, Texas, here at the Congressional Black Caucus week where we do our legislative conference. Thirty-nine of them were black. They were arrested on drug charges. There were 38 convictions, based primarily on the testimony of one informant who was later discredited. This one informant, this one man, had a record, he had a history, he lied, they came from a small town where nobody cared whether or not there was real evidence, and this was just outrageous.

The gentlewoman from Texas is absolutely correct. This information must be made available so that we can stop this kind of misjustice and miscarriage of the law. I not only support it, I would urge my colleagues to do so.

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