[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 101 (Tuesday, June 14, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5495]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    FENTANYL CRISIS DESERVES URGENCY

  (Mr. MOORE of Alabama asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MOORE of Alabama. Madam Speaker, last year alone fentanyl killed 
more Americans than any weapon of mass destruction in our Nation's 
history.
  Fentanyl is now the number one cause of death for Americans between 
the ages of 18 and 45. It is not guns. It is not COVID-19. It is not 
even car accidents. It is fentanyl.
  CDC numbers show more total drug overdose deaths last year in the 
U.S. than those killed by the atomic bomb blast that ended World War 
II.
  The direct cause of so many American deaths from fentanyl is the 
Biden administration's surrender on our southern border. In 2021 alone, 
more than 11,000 pounds of fentanyl was seized at our southern border. 
So just imagine how much fentanyl got across the border and into our 
communities.
  Fentanyl is a drug so deadly poisonous that the Russian military has 
reportedly weaponized it. Countless families who have lost loved ones 
to fentanyl deserve better than what we are getting from this 
administration.
  That is why I cosponsored Congresswoman Boebert's Fentanyl is a WMD 
Act, a designation that follows the 2019 proposal from the Trump 
administration that would enable our government to treat the fentanyl 
crisis with the urgency that it deserves.
  We can't turn the other way as the Mexican drug cartels kill 
thousands of young Americans. We must take the fentanyl threat 
seriously, and we must secure our border.

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