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Fred Upton: “At a time when we are seeing the highest rates ever--100,000 folks, man, in 2020--it is so disturbing that the…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2021
At a time when we are seeing the highest rates ever--100,000 folks, man, in 2020--it is so disturbing that the administration seems to be favoring weakening penalties for drug traffickers.
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Fred Upton
Republican · Michigan

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Upton is alarmed by the administration's approach to fentanyl trafficking penalties amid rising overdose deaths.

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