Brian Mast: “I can't imagine how----”

Would you like to say 5,000 deaths in New York is an emergency? Crickets. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Meeks) for the purpose of a colloquy. Would you like to respond: 5,000 deaths in New York is an emergency.

Would my colleague like to deny or admit that 5,000 deaths in New York related to fentanyl is an emergency?

Defending yourself is a choice. It is a choice that not everybody makes. Some people, instead of defending themselves, curl up into a corner and cry and turn their eyes. Some people stand up and step into the fight and make the tough…

I have to say I heard one of the craziest things from my colleague just a couple of minutes ago: That if something has been going on for 40 years, it can't be imminent. It can't meet the definition of imminent if it has been going on for…