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Dave McCormick: “I'm happy to say that [fentanyl death] number is down by…”

Featuring: Dave McCormick, Republican | U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

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Senator McCormick Delivers Remarks at the Pennsylvania Press Club

Published | Video Starts at 02:42

We lost 4,000 people in the last year of the Biden administration to fentanyl in Pennsylvania. If you ever meet with those fentanyl families, it's just a poison that destroys families. And I'm happy to say that [fentanyl death] number is down by 60%. So 1600 fentanyl deaths in 2025, that's still 1600 tragedies. We have to go from 1600 to zero. (02:42–02:45)

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