{"id":1655595,"date":"2022-09-23T19:35:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T23:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1655595"},"modified":"2022-09-23T19:37:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T23:37:00","slug":"ccp-diplomat-tried-to-lobby-us-lawmakers-to-deflect-blame-for-causing-us-fentanyl-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ccp-diplomat-tried-to-lobby-us-lawmakers-to-deflect-blame-for-causing-us-fentanyl-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"CCP Diplomat Tried to Lobby US Lawmakers to Deflect Blame for Causing US\u2019 Fentanyl Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fccp-diplomat-tried-to-lobby-us-lawmakers-to-deflect-blame-for-causing-us-fentanyl-crisis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1655595&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Chinese regime\u2019s top diplomat has been reaching out to members on the House Intelligence Committee to deflect responsibility for the flow of illicit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fentanyl\">fentanyl<\/a> into the United States, according to a GOP lawmaker.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), a member of the Doctors Caucus and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, is among many lawmakers who have voiced alarm about how Chinese traffickers are sending fentanyl precursors to Mexico for cartels to convert to the end product and send across the border.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese ambassador Qin Gang has recently reached out to Wenstrup to meet with him, the Congressman told \u201cCapitol Report,\u201d a program on The Epoch Times\u2019 sister media, NTD.<\/p>\n<p>The topic came up on Sept. 23 at the \u201cCommitment for America\u201d event in Pennsylvania, where House Republicans, led by Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/mccarthy-house-republicans-unveil-commitment-to-america_4751240.html\">unveiled their legislative roadmap<\/a> if they take control of the House. One of their promises was to implement strict oversight into China\u2019s role in the influx of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 100 times more potent than morphine.<\/p>\n<p>Qin at the meeting was defensive about the fentanyl issue, insisting that Beijing was \u201cgetting blamed for the fentanyl surge in the United States of America,\u201d Wenstrup said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said, \u2018we\u2019re just selling legal products.\u2019 And I said, \u2018Yeah, but those legal products combined are making fentanyl, and you\u2019re doing nothing to make sure they don\u2019t fall into the wrong hands,\u2019\u201d the congressman said.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/POE-Nogales-Sept-3-2022-CBP.jpeg\"><\/a> Customs and Border Protection officers seized approximately 47,000 rainbow-colored fentanyl pills, 186,000 blue fentanyl pills, and 6.5 pounds of meth hidden in a floor compartment of a vehicle, at the Nogales port of entry on Sept. 3, 2022. (CBP) <\/p>\n<p>A majority of illicit fentanyl and related substances trafficked into the United States are originally sourced from China, contributing to the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese regime\u2019s top diplomat has been reaching out to members on the House Intelligence Committee to deflect responsibility for the flow of illicit fentanyl into the United States, according to a GOP lawmaker. Rep. 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