John Thune: “The first bill we passed was the Lake and Riley act…”

“Mr. President, I mentioned that ending the border crisis was another priority for this Senate majority, and we didn't waste any time getting to work on that either. The first bill we passed was the Lake and Riley act, requiring that illegal immigrants who are arrested for certain crimes aren't put back on the streets. We also passed the Halt Fentanyl act to ensure that law enforcement has the tools it needs to go after fentanyl and fentanyl analogs that have taken too many, too many American lives.” (03:46–03:55)

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