[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 22 (Thursday, February 2, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 FENTANYL CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER

  (Mr. EDWARDS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight the dangerous 
crisis our Nation is experiencing on our southern border.
  Two weeks ago, on a tour of my district, I had the honor of meeting 
law enforcement officers in Clay, Madison, and McDowell Counties. These 
counties are in very different parts of North Carolina's sprawling 11th 
Congressional District, yet these officers all shared with me that the 
number one problem they face every day--number one--is the flow of 
fentanyl into our mountains.
  Keep in mind that western North Carolina is a thousand miles away 
from the southern border. Yet, because of the Biden administration's 
lax border policies, every State is now a border State, and we are all 
suffering from the consequences.
  Since day one, this administration has ceded control of our southern 
border to drug cartels and dangerous gangs.
  In addition to fentanyl, we have seen a flow of unlawful migrants and 
illicit contraband pour into our country at rates never seen before, 
and China is a key source of the ingredients used to make fentanyl that 
is killing our children and fueling this crisis that is affecting so 
many. There needs to be a change.

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