[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 70 (Thursday, April 28, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4583]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS NEED TO GET SERIOUS

  (Mr. KELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, in Fiscal Year 2021, Customs and Border 
Patrol seized 11,000 pounds of fentanyl at our southern border. During 
the same period, opioid deaths jumped to 75,000, up from 56,000 deaths 
the prior year.
  This is no coincidence. Even in a hearing on combating the opioid 
crisis this week, not a single one of my Democratic colleagues called 
for President Biden to end his open border policies that have allowed 
the free flow of fentanyl or other illicit drugs into the United 
States.
  During the hearing, the former Acting DEA Administrator testified 
that securing the border is a commonsense approach to stopping drug 
traffickers and giving power back to our law enforcement.
  On one hand, Washington Democrats say they want to solve the opioid 
crisis. On the other hand, they are supporting policies and politicians 
that have left our border open.
  Washington Democrats need to get serious. If we want to solve this 
opioid crisis, we must secure the border and restore law and order.

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