Erik Paulsen: “Keegan's story is why this legislation is so important and how it will save other lives. International mail is often a…”

“Keegan's story is why this legislation is so important and how it will save other lives. International mail is often a very easy route that we have seen used for smuggling or the importation of dangerous fentanyl here into the United States. While private carriers have to submit advance electronic data for any of their data about packages that come here into the United States, the Postal Service has been exempt. So we have a loophole. That loophole is being exploited by smugglers, giving traffickers an easy opportunity to have fentanyl come into America. The STOP Act closes that loophole. It is supported on a bipartisan basis. It will make it harder and much more difficult to smuggle in fentanyl-laced drugs that not only murdered Keegan but, unfortunately, have inflicted pain through tragic deaths in other countless families across our country and so that we can save other American lives, Mr. Speaker. I thank Mr. Bishop and Mr. Pascrell for their leadership on this legislation. I look forward to seeing it passed later today, because we are finding solutions to the opioid epidemic.”