Mr. Chevannes noted that the panel supported increasing public education efforts to discourage smoking among youths, did not recommend public smoking, and supported stiffer criminal penalties for large-scale cultivation and trafficking.
During his first campaign for the Senate, Al Gore was asked by The Nashville Banner in 1984 whether he could support "stiff controls" on firearm sales and ownership.
In a state where the majority of voters support stiff gun control, Mr. Schundler already faces a challenge in explaining why he favors a proposal to allow gun owners to carry concealed weapons.
In the clearest sign thus far that Republican Congressional leaders are moving far beyond the White House in supporting stiff penalties for corporate wrongdoing, House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert endorsed a Senate proposal today that called for tough new criminal sanctions and expanded prison terms.
It is strange but true that while the hunters and fishers among us can shoot and kill -- or catch and kill -- birds, mammals and fish that we hold in high esteem, we can also go to great lengths to assure the general well-being of our prey, whether through habitat acquisition or protection, by opposing commercial exploitation or by supporting stiff hunting and fishing regulations.
The people of Georgia may not support stiff gun controls but they are as aware as people in Arizona or Colorado or Connecticut that we must strengthen, not weaken, our mental health care system.
They cast doubt on whether the teen conference would accomplish anything, accused Clinton of ignoring media violence and said he should support stiff jail sentences for anyone carrying a firearm in a violent or drug-related crime.
Detroit pitcher Max Scherzer told reporters he would also support stiffer penalties.
In the past, the two countries most cautious about pushing North Korean leaders to change course were China and Russia, so it was significant on Monday that when work began at the Security Council on a new resolution, both appeared to support stiffer penalties, after having blocked steps in that direction after the North's test of a missile in April.
