Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak on and urge defeat of the previous question so that we can immediately take up H.R. 6184, the HALT Fentanyl Act. Mr. Speaker, there is a crisis on our southern border greater than we have ever seen due to the policies put in place by the Biden administration. Almost 2\1/2\ million migrants have crossed our southern border in fiscal year 2022. In 2021 alone, border officials encountered nearly 2 million illegal immigrants and seized over 11,000 pounds of fentanyl. This is a public health crisis that demands immediate attention. H.R. 6184, the HALT Fentanyl Act, places fentanyl-related analogues into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act and establishes a new registration process for schedule I research funding by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The move to permanently schedule fentanyl as schedule I is a necessary tool for the Drug Enforcement Administration to work with other agencies and law enforcement officials to address the threat of illicit fentanyl. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fentanyl is now the number one cause of death for Americans 18 to 45, surpassing suicide, COVID-19, and car accidents. Mr. Speaker, we have all heard stories about how drug dealers are using social media and apps, like Snapchat, to infiltrate chats with teens or young kids and sell them these illicit drugs.…”