Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. It is good to be here. I am glad my friend is raising awareness. I am going to go as quickly as I possibly can because I don't know how much time I am going to take up. But let's talk about fentanyl for just one quick second. Local reporting out of Tucson was that last year 13 million fentanyl pills were seized in Arizona alone--13 million. DEA has said 40 percent of all pills seized have a lethal dose of fentanyl in them. I want you to think about that, Madam Speaker. You add that 13 million and you take it into what agents and local law enforcement has told us, and that is they only interdict 8 to 10 percent. That means you have got over 100 million fentanyl pills floating around. The cartels control all of the border between every port of entry on our border with Mexico. Let me give you an example, Madam Speaker, of the story out of southern Arizona recently just in the last couple weeks. A lady was found wandering around. Local law enforcement deputies found her and assisted her. What did she have on her possession? A bag full of pills. They wanted to know what this was, was this an illicit drug or illicit? What is going on? She said: These are morning-after pills. I knew when I would be coming across the border that I would be raped multiple times so I brought a bunch of morning-after pills. That is fact. That is what is happening. It is not humane on the border. I find myself baffled by this.…”