[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 26, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4461]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                TITLE 42

  (Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, last week, I visited with the 
police officers in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to hear firsthand about the 
drug epidemic that is facing communities in my district.
  One of the officers told me a story of how just the night before, he 
recovered over 150 bags of heroin after receiving a 911 call for a man 
abusing a puppy on a public street. This story gets to the heart of 
what these deadly drugs do to our communities.
  Instead of addressing this crisis by securing our border, President 
Biden has chosen to end title 42, a program that has helped our Border 
Patrol agents protect Americans.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time to fight the drug epidemic that has allowed 
heroin, crack cocaine, and fentanyl to take the lives of so many 
Pennsylvanians, so many Americans.
  It is time to secure our border and make title 42 the law of the 
land.
  It is time to face the drug crisis head on.
  It is time to protect all of our communities.

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