Political Quotes

“reserving the right to object, I agree with the Senator from Pennsylvania that we need to fight the opioid epidemic from every angle. The trafficking of this drug fentanyl coming into the United States has to stop. Many lives are at stake. In my State of New Jersey, over 3,100 New Jerseyans died in 2018 alone as a result of prescription pain killers, heroin, and fentanyl. While I support the Senator from Pennsylvania's desire to use all of the leverage we have at our disposal to pressure China to do a better job at regulating illicit fentanyl, as is exemplified by the amendment I cosponsored with Senator Schumer and others that is in the underlying legislation we are considering as of now, the Senator from Pennsylvania's amendment could potentially have far more wide-reaching implications. I believe every Member of the body should be concerned about the potential collateral damage should this become law. The Trump administration's State Department, when we asked them for an assessment of the original version of this amendment, concluded that it would lead to the suspension of U.S. foreign assistance to every country on the planet. That is not something I can support. When we talk about China, our aid to China isn't to China as a nation. China doesn't need our aid. It is giving out aid all over the world.…”