What that bill does, importantly, is it recognizes that there's a whole supply chain to make fentanyl, and it starts with precursor chemicals that are made in China. Sherrod Brown is the head of the banking committee. This bill puts sanctions on those Chinese companies that are manufacturing this poison. It then goes to the mexican cartels, where they press the pills and ultimately distribute them, traffic them in the United States. It also has tough sanctions on those mexican cartels. (09:16–09:23)
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