A Senate panel unanimously advanced Wednesday a bill that targets every part of the illicit fentanyl chain, from Chinese chemical suppliers to Mexican cartels that ship the deadly drugs to U.S. towns, marking bipartisan progress on the overdose fight and giving a 2024 presidential contender a win on a major GOP issue.
The Senate Banking Committee voted 23-0 in support of the FEND Off Fentanyl Act which targets the flow of deadly synthetic opioids and the shadowy system of money laundering that underpins it.
Lax border policies and the unchecked flow of fentanyl are frequent talking points in early GOP campaigning for the White House, so the legislation could give Mr. Scott a leg up on opponents. Fentanyl is the No. 1 killer in a broader U.S. overdose crisis that has killed more than 100,000 Americans per year. Roughly 70,000 of the 107,000 overdose deaths in the U.S. were linked at least in part to fentanyl in 2021, the most recent year for which complete data is available.“Every county in this nation is a border county. The left shut down your schools and churches in the name of slowing down a virus.
“We’ve had enough fentanyl cross the border that would kill every single American last year,” former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a GOP presidential candidate, said Monday at a town hall event in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. “Number one cause of death for adults 18 to 49? Fentanyl. And don’t think for a second China doesn’t know exactly what they’re doing when they send it over.”
The bipartisan bill advanced Wednesday focuses on financial weapons. One provision would require the Treasury Department to prioritize fentanyl-related transactions in Suspicious Activity Reports, which flag odd transactions. “I wanted to thank my colleagues for joining this bill, and look forward to continuing to work with all of you to get this signed into law,” Mr. Brown said.
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