One of the concerns that we have going back some years is that Beijing no longer seems to accept the status quo in Taiwan.
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This is the number one killer of Americans aged 18 to 49.
Last year, we seized enough fentanyl to kill every single American.
Not only China, but we will see other bad actors around the world try to do the same.
We are acting at a deficit, at a disadvantage.
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