Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I certainly do respect the comments of the chairman. I would ask him a question: What would you tell the mother of Cooper Davis? What would you tell the mother of the hundreds of Americans who are going to die today from fentanyl poisoning? Whatever we are doing now is not working. This is a war. Just yesterday morning, at 1 a.m., we were given 250 pages of legislation that we were asked to vote on that evening. This is a 3- or 4-page bill. I have declared war on fentanyl. Every day in Kansas someone is dying from fentanyl. Every day in the State of New Jersey probably several people are dying from fentanyl poisoning. I would ask the chairman: Whatever we are doing, it is not working. What more can we do? What do I tell Cooper Davis's mom? What do I tell these people out there whose babies are dying? They are young adults being taken from the prime of their lives. Whatever we have done is not working. This stuff is coming over by the tons. What we have captured is a fraction of what is reaching America. That is why Kansas is no longer safe. It is not safe for any of our young adults. This is why this Halloween we are going to have to put our kids on special watches as this candied fentanyl comes across the border. I don't see how anyone who cares about our youth and young adults could object to this. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey.”