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Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination of John P S. HRG. 107–632 CONFIRMATION HEARING ON THE NOMINATION OF JOHN P. WALTERS TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION OCTOBER 10, 2001 Serial No. J–107–42 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 81–443 PDF WASHINGTON : 2002 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Feb 1 2002 13:39 Sep 13, 2002 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 C:\HEARINGS\81443.TXT SJUD4 PsN: CMORC COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont, Chairman EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware STROM THURMOND, South Carolina HERBERT KOHL, Wisconsin CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin JON KYL, Arizona CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York MIKE DEWINE, Ohio RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama MARIA CANTWELL, Washington SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas JOHN EDWARDS, North Carolina MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky BRUCE A. COHEN, Majority Chief Counsel and Staff Director SHARON PROST, Minority Chief Counsel MAKAN DELRAHIM, Minority Staff Director (II) VerDate Feb 1 2002 13:39 Sep 13, 2002 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\HEARINGS\81443.TXT SJUD4 PsN: CMORC C O N T E N T S STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS Page Biden, Hon. Joseph R., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Delaware ............. 1 Grassley, Hon. Charles E., a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa ..................... 85 Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont .................... 3 Thurmond, Hon. Strom, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Carolina ........ 85 PRESENTERS Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah presenting John P. Walters, Nominee to be Director of National Drug Control Policy .... 7 Kyl, Hon. Jon, a U.S. Senator from the State of Arizona presenting John P. Walters, Nominee to be Director of National Drug Control Policy ............. 11 STATEMENT OF THE NOMINEE Walters, John P., Nominee to be Director of National Drug Control Policy ....... 13 Questionnaire .................................................................................................... 19 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Responses of the Nominee to questions submitted by Senator Biden ................. 86 Responses of the Nominee to questions submitted by Senator Bingaman ......... 100 Responses of the Nominee to questions submitted by Senator Cantwell ........... 100 Responses of the Nominee to questions submitted by Senator Durbin ............... 102 Responses of the Nominee to questions submitted by Senator Feingold ............ 106 Responses of the Nominee to questions submitted by Senator Grassley ............ 107 Responses of the Nominee to questions submitted by Senator Kennedy ............ 109 Responses of the Nominee to questions submitted by Senator Leahy ................ 114 Responses of the Nominee to questions submitted by Senator Wellstone .......... 122 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD Betty Ford Center, John T. Schwarzlose, President and Chief Executive Offi- cer, Rancho Mirage, California, letter ................................................................ 124 Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, Arthur T. Dean, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Alexandria, Virginia, letter ........................................ 124 Drug Free America Foundation, Inc., Calvina L. Fay, Executive Director, St. Petersburg, Florida, letter ............................................................................. 125 Drug-Free Kids: America’s Challenge, Joyce Nalepka, President, Washington, D.C., letter ............................................................................................................ 125 Drug-Free Schools Coalition, Inc., David G. Evans, Esq., Executive Director, Flemington, New Jersey, letter ........................................................................... 129 Drug Prevention Network of the Americas, Stephanie Haynes, Alpine, Texas, letter ...................................................................................................................... 129 Drug Watch/MN, Jeanette McDougal, Co-Chair, St. Paul, Minnesota, letter .... 130 Fraternal Order of Police, Gilbert G. Gallegos, National President, Albu- querque, New Mexico, letter ............................................................................... 130 Hastert, Hon. J. Dennis, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois and Speaker of the House of Representatives, letter and attach- ment ...................................................................................................................... 131 Mica, Hon. John L., a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida, July 26 (two), July 31, August 1, August 2, and August 3, 2001, ‘‘Dear Colleague’’ letters ................................................................................................. 133 (III) VerDate Feb 1 2002 13:39 Sep 13, 2002 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\HEARINGS\81443.TXT SJUD4 PsN: CMORC IV Page National Families in Action, Sue Rusche, Co-founder and Executive Director, Atlanta, Georgia, letter ........................................................................................ 139 National Troopers Coalition, Johnny L. Hughes, Director, Government Rela- tions, Albany, New York, letter .......................................................................... 140 Partnership for a Drug-Free America, James E. Burke, Chairman, New York, New York, letter ................................................................................................... 141 PRIDE Surveys, Thomas Gleaton, President, Bowling Green, Kentucky, let- ter .......................................................................................................................... 141 VerDate Feb 1 2002 13:39 Sep 13, 2002 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\HEARINGS\81443.TXT SJUD4 PsN: CMORC CONFIRMATION HEARING ON THE NOMINA- TION OF JOHN P. WALTERS TO BE DIREC- TOR OF THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2001 UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY Washington, D.C. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 1:46 p.m., in room SD–226, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., presiding. Present: Senators Biden, Leahy, Kennedy, Kohl, Durbin, Hatch, Grassley, Kyl, DeWine, Sessions, and Brownback. Senator BIDEN. The committee will come to order. Let me begin in an inappropriate way by apologizing to our col- leagues and to our nominee for being late. Senator Leahy and I had to attend a meeting relating to another matter and it went over just a little bit long, and I apologize to our friend from Utah. I have an opening statement, but I would be happy to yield to the chairman of the full committee. Chairman LEAHY. No. Go ahead. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., A U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF DELAWARE Senator BIDEN. Today, the Judiciary Committee considers the nomination of John Walters, to be Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. As you all know, this hearing was scheduled for literally a month ago today and the terrorist attack occurred in New York and in western Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon. For obvious reasons, it had to be canceled and events have sort of over- taken things and that is the reason we are as late as we are. It has nothing to do with the lack of consequence of this office and how important we think the office is and how we should proceed. I want to thank Mr. Walters for being patient, as he has worked to reschedule his schedule as well, and I appreciate it. John Walters is well-known to this committee, having testified before us a dozen times both as a Government witness during the first Bush administration and as a private citizen. Mr. Walters is also well known at ONDCP, having served as then–Drug Czar Bill Bennett’s chief of staff and national security advisor, then as Dep- uty Director for Supply Reduction under Bob Martinez, and ulti- mately as Acting Director of the Office. (1) VerDate Feb 1 2002 13:39 Sep 13, 2002 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 C:\HEARINGS\81443.TXT SJUD4 PsN: CMORC 2 Since his time at the drug office, Mr. Walters has served as a vis- iting fellow at the Hudson Institute, president of the New Citizen- ship Project, and president of the Philanthropy Roundtable. I wel- come him and his family here today. Thirteen years ago, I wrote a law that created the Office of Na- tional Drug Control Policy because I was convinced we needed to coordinate Federal drug policy, with one person accountable for de- veloping and implementing an effective national strategy. I might at add, at that time the Democratic President didn’t like the idea and subsequent Republican Presidents haven’t liked the idea, but I still like the idea because I think there is a need for there to be one person on whose desk the buck stops. I have argued that Cabinet-level status is necessary to give the position visibility commensurate with the depth of our Nation’s drug problem, providing our drug czar the clout to stop interagency feuding, fight for budgetary resources, and decertify inadequate agency drug budgets. I am glad that at
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