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John Cornyn: “Stopping the flow of the drug in the United States, doing…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Cornyn Votes for Fentanyl Bill, Slams Dems’ Delay Tactics

Published | Video Starts at 04:04

And that's, obviously, there's been a wide divergence between the Biden administration, the Trump administration on that score. But Stopping the flow of the drug in the United States, doing more to prevent the Chinese, Chinese chemical companies from supplying those precursors to the cartels who manufacture the pills in Mexico, would do a whole lot to prevent more fentanyl related deaths. I think the senator's amendment would do nothing. (04:04–04:23)

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Asserts that preventing Chinese chemical companies from supplying precursors to Mexican cartels would reduce fentanyl-related deaths.

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