"It has been long past due for this subcommittee to pay attention to air cargo from a committee standpoint."
"I applaud you on the public-private partnerships."
"H.R. 2851 finally gives U.S. law enforcement nimble tools to react as soon as these deadly drugs arrive in our country."
"I hope that today's hearing will further our efforts in seeking avenues to improve, where necessary, rather than criminalize and incarcerate absent due process, but more importantly, as all of us want..."
"I must say, over my 20-year career as a Federal prosecutor doing organized crime cases, as well as the last several years in Congress, it is much different being in the hot seat here than it is being ..."
"The synthetic drug epidemic has swept our Nation, and it has crippled communities in Central New York and across this great country of ours."
"Just a week ago, Syracuse Area Hospitals, which are the heart of my district, saw a record number of overdoses due to synthetic drug abuse."
"getting these drugs off the streets and out of the hands of our loved ones means a top priority for me."
"This is both tragic and unacceptable, and H.R. 2851 is a positive step in eradicating these harmful substances from our community."
"The SITSA Act will give local law enforcement and Federal law enforcement the necessary tools to target synthetic substances and the criminals who traffic them."
"Oral Statement"
"The men and women working to carry out the mission of the Secret Service comprise one of the finest law enforcement agencies in the world, and we owe it to them to be responsible overseers for them an..."