Also with us is Sarah Stewart from Kerrville, Texas, who lost her brother to the fentanyl epidemic that has inundated her small town. Our bill provides billions and billions of dollars to stop fentanyl and other illicit narcotics. We're also charging other countries like Mexico, Canada and China billions of dollars in taxes that we put on because they've allowed people that are selling fentanyl to go through their countries or in the case of China, they send it here. and paying a lot of money at least, but would rather stop it. I think we're doing a big job of that, but we'd rather stop it. (30:17–30:33)
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Asserts that the U.S. is charging Mexico, Canada, and China billions in taxes related to fentanyl trafficking.
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