Political Quotes

“Nearly 100 days after being appointed as the Biden administration border czar, Vice President Harris finally visited the southern border at the end of last week. It was 800 miles away from the crux of the problem, but I suppose it is a start. Clearly, the Biden-Harris administration knows that it is facing a border crisis. To them, it is a PR crisis. To the American people, the Biden border crisis is so real. As I have said time and time again, the illicit fentanyl that is made in China or elsewhere crosses the porous southern border and winds up on our streets in Pennsylvania. It spurs addiction; it tears apart families; it destroys the workforce; and worst of all, it is killing friends and neighbors. Last month alone, U.S. Customs and Border Protection intercepted more than 900 pounds of fentanyl. In fact, border agents have seized more fentanyl at the border so far this year than in all of last year. As my friend and Franklin County Coroner Jeff Conner just recently told me, fentanyl is easy to get and fast to kill. This is true in Pennsylvania, and this is true across our country. Can you imagine what 900 pounds of fentanyl means for American communities, what it means to American families? The chaos on the southern border is absolutely a crisis for first responders, law enforcement, healthcare providers, and community leaders on the front lines of the drug epidemic in our communities.…”