I thank the gentleman from Missouri for yielding and for his broader leadership of the Financial Services Subcommittee on national security. Mr. Speaker, According to the CDC, over 107,000 Americans died from drug overdoses or drug poisonings in the 12 month period ending January 2022. 70, 67% of those deaths involve synthetic opioids like fentanyl, which is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. (00:13–00:31)
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