[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 22 (Thursday, February 3, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H921]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                BORDER CRISIS BECOMES A FENTANYL CRISIS

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, I rise today because every State is now a 
border State. A border crisis is now a fentanyl crisis. But don't take 
it from me, take it from the sheriffs in my district.
  Bartholomew County Sheriff Matt Myers said, ``Fentanyl is coming into 
our country from our southern border. It is becoming an increasing 
problem, and it is killing our citizens.''
  Randolph County Sheriff Art Moystner said, ``Our guys on the ground 
tell us they know these drugs are coming through Dayton via the 
southern border.''
  Hancock County Sheriff Brad Burkhart said, ``Illegal drugs coming 
across the border affects everyone, and Indiana is not immune.''
  In Decatur County, Sheriff Dave Durant explained it like this, 
``Fentanyl in our communities is not just a thing, it is the thing.''
  Democrats, stop downplaying this crisis. It is killing Hoosiers in 
Indiana.

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