Well, I think we're sending an important message that we're no longer going to allow drug trafficking coming in and killing American lives. And, you know, China is very much behind the fentanyl crisis that's killed hundreds of thousands of Americans. And so that's out of Mexico primary. Well, and I think the President takes the Western Hemisphere very seriously, and getting the drugs out of our backyard, I think is an important step forward on the committee work that you've been doing. (00:31–00:37)
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