{"id":2206698,"date":"2024-03-26T16:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T20:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-explain-two-pronged-strategy-they-would-take-to-end-the-fentanyl-crisis\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T16:11:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T20:11:36","slug":"gop-lawmakers-explain-two-pronged-strategy-they-would-take-to-end-the-fentanyl-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-explain-two-pronged-strategy-they-would-take-to-end-the-fentanyl-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican lawmakers outline a dual-step plan to combat the fentanyl crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fgop-lawmakers-explain-two-pronged-strategy-they-would-take-to-end-the-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=2206698&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>Republican lawmakers are urging action against the fentanyl crisis, \u200demphasizing the need to target the drug&#8217;s sources both internationally and domestically. Representatives Gallagher and Newhouse \u200dpropose legislative solutions to address the issue. They highlight the role of China in fentanyl production and call for more significant efforts from the Biden administration to tackle the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-hudson-introduces-bill-to-streamline-ammo-donations-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"Rep. Hudson Introduces Bill to Streamline Ammo Donations to Ukraine\">crisis effectively<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Republican lawmakers said that the United States needs to tackle the fentanyl crisis by going after the source of the deadly drug abroad and taking action domestically to safeguard against the effects of the drug.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), the chair of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) spoke about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-developments-in-hunter-biden-probe-puts-spotlight-on-joe-biden-informant-claim-of-bribery\/\" title=\"Latest Developments in Hunter Biden Probe Puts Spotlight on Joe Biden, Informant Claim of Bribery\">potential legislative solutions<\/a> on \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/fentanyl-america-s-silent-epidemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fentanyl: America\u2019s Silent Epidemic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u201d part of a DailyWire+ docu-series on The Divided States of Biden. In 2023, more than 100,000 Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/12\/28\/1220881380\/overdose-fentanyl-drugs-addiction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died<\/a>\u00a0from a drug overdose, with many of the deaths being related to fentanyl poisoning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gallagher said that the Biden administration needed to be doing more to push China to crack down on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-fentanyl-dealer-sentenced-to-prison-as-nation-faces-drug-overdose-catastrophe\/\" title=\"Florida Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced To Prison As Nation Faces Drug Overdose \u2018Catastrophe\u2019\">illicit fentanyl coming<\/a> out of its country and into the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cFor years, China has been the fentanyl factory of the world, and for years Xi Jinping has pledged to do something about it,\u201d Gallagher told Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro. \u201cBut that hasn\u2019t happened. The Biden administration wants us to believe that another verbal commitment from Xi and more so-called task forces will finally stem the deadly tide of precursor production from China. But are we really to believe that the most powerful techno-totalitarian state in human history couldn\u2019t stop this plague in a heartbeat if it wanted to?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gallagher proposed that one way to combat the drugs would be to crack down on the money laundering that fuels the industry, as well as going after payment processors that allow drug trafficking payments. He also suggested putting sanctions on port operators and the shipping companies that facilitate fentanyl trafficking into the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBut even that, I think, will not be effective unless we secure our southern border,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we are not strong at the southern border, districts like mine are going to continue to be effectively border districts, and sons, daughters, parents are going to suffer as a result of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dan-bongino-is-the-united-states-on-the-communist-fast-track\/\" title=\"Dan Bongino: Is the United States on the Communist Fast Track?\">ongoing fentanyl crisis<\/a> we face in America.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Newhouse has proposed policies that would make Narcan, a treatment that can help reverse a drug overdose, available in all schools. He also proposed\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">adjusting the law so that all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fentanyl-deaths-skyrocket-becoming-nations-leading-killer-for-adults-age-18-45\/\" title=\"Fentanyl Deaths Skyrocket, Becoming Nation\u2019s Leading Killer For Adults Age 18-45\">fentanyl-related substances<\/a> are classified as a Schedule One drug, meaning they can be targeted for stiffer punishments. In January, he <a href=\"https:\/\/newhouse.house.gov\/issues\/fentanyl-crisis#:~:text=I%20have%20also%20introduced%20the,and%20out%20of%20our%20neighborhoods.\">introduced<\/a> a bill called the \u201cSave Americans from the Fentanyl Emergency Act\u201d to upgrade the classification of all fentanyl-related substances. He said the current system allows drug <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cartels to bypass current laws by using a different combination of substances that aren\u2019t technically fentanyl.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAnd so prosecutors who are trying to nail dealers for selling illegal substances are faced with a much higher burden of proof,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we can regulate that by including all fentanyl-related substances under a Schedule One classification, that will eliminate that problem and reduce the amount of time we can it takes to prosecute and convict drug dealers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP lawmakers emphasize the need to address the fentanyl crisis by targeting the drug&#8217;s source globally and implementing protective measures at home. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) advocate for a comprehensive approach to combat this deadly issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2206699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-609942782.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2206698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-609942782.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2206699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}