Mr. Speaker, I just want to note that the bill before us today schedules illicit fentanyl. We had testimony to say this will save lives. That is the vote before us today. Hopefully my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will vote for it. We can talk about criminal justice reform, but the people who are putting the poison into our cities and our children deserve to go to jail. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Griffith).
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Mr. Speaker, we know that if this emergency declaration expires, that illicit fentanyl will no longer be scheduled and individuals will no longer be subject to arrest and prosecution. I don't believe we need to study this. That is why we…
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Obernolte), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and my friend.
Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair reminds Members that the rules do not allow references to persons in the gallery.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, I want to close by saying that there has been quite a bit of hard work put into this bill and quite a bit of persistence. Without referring to anybody in the…
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