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Ron DeSantis: “Last year, I recommended an additional $20 million so that…”

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JUST IN: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Holds Press Briefing To Promote Results Of Anti-Fentanyl Program

Published | Video Starts at 18:01

In June of this year, FDLE and Suwannee County Sheriff's offices seized enough fentanyl to, as I mentioned, do significant damage in their county. So the SAFE program is working. This is something that we need to continue going. Last year, I recommended an additional $20 million so that we could keep our safe program operational. Now, the legislature did fund some of it, but not all of it. They funded $13 million. But this is something that absolutely deserves support in the next legislative session. So we have 7.7 million committed to active contracts. There's now about 5 million that are left for new contracts. (18:01–18:16)

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Asserts that $13 million was funded for the SAFE program, less than the $20 million recommended.

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