That means fewer experts reviewing these reports and more criminals getting away with taking advantage of our local businesses and consumers, whether Las Vegas casinos or elsewhere. The Bill also cuts 5.4 million from the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program. This decision is baffling to me at a time when so many counties, including Clark county and 32 others across jurisdictions in your districts and states, need more funding, not less, to combat the drug trafficking that is driving the overdose epidemic devastating our communities. (02:10–02:17)
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Asserts that the bill cuts $5.4 million from the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program.
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