mr. evenson. >> chairman kohl murder, ranking member scott and members of the task force, i'm honored toappear before you on behalf of the national association of assistant united states attorneys. i'd like to thank congressman holding for his kind introduction. naausa shares strong concern over legislative proposals to reduce minimum mandatory sentences. in the 1980s i was a state prosecutor, and when we were too drug cases in front of the court, we would often hear the complaint that you're only getting the little guy. you're not getting the big fish. and, unfortunately, because of weak state laws and image resources, ma there was a lot of truth to that complaint. state prosecutions are based on two things. you'd either have to catch the drug and possession of drugs, or you have to catch them selling it. and as a result what ends up happening is you oftentimes don't get the source of supply. that state laws are just too weak. the resources are too minimal. what happens is that the leader of the drug organization is largely untouchable for years. we all live in communities where people