Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) called on CDC Director Rochelle Walensky to take action on the fentanyl crisis, saying that she is currently “turning her back” on the epidemic.
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra about declaring the fentanyl crisis a public health emergency, though she didn’t say whether or not she has recommended such a declaration.
Senator Marshall asked “One or two people have died with monkeypox in the United States… but everyday hundreds of Americans die from fentanyl poisoning… Why have you not declared this a public health emergency?”have you not asked the Administration to shut down the border where 90% of this fentanyl comes from?” in reference to our Southern border.
A press release from Senator Marshall’s office noted that the Biden administration has taken swift and drastic action to fight monkeypox. “The Biden Administration has National Monkeypox Response Coordinator and Deputy Coordinator, declared monkeypox a Public Health Emergency, and sent a $47 billion emergency funding request to Congress,” the release reads. It goes on to say that the emergency funding “includes $3.9 billion for monkeypox vaccines, therapeutics, testing, and operational support, as well as funds to help combat the spread globally.
The press release contrasted the Biden administration’s response to Monkeypox with their response to fentanyl, which the release noted “is killing more than 100 people each day and is the leading cause of death for Americans 18-45.”
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