Mr. Speaker, every day more than 200Americans lose their lives due to fentanyl drug overdose. The overdose rate among the American population has reached an unprecedented high. The truth is that last year, United States Customs and Border protection personnel seized 51.4 million fentanyl pills at the Tucson Sector alone. (00:08–00:16)
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