Bob Casey Jr.: “The basics of this bill, fend off fentanyl, is really about…”

“And in so many ways, it came from the ground up. People were demanding action. I think both parties felt that. And we had an opportunity on the Ukraine bill to pass it. The basics of this bill, fend off fentanyl, is really about sanctions and anti money laundering, giving the federal government more power to go after the bad guys who are making a lot of money. Chinese, where the precursor chemicals are made, Chinese companies and their CEOs, as well as Mexican drug cartels. So we have to go at the source of the problem, at the source of it, which is like many things, money.” (01:13–01:25)

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