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House Judiciary subcommittee tackles causes of fentanyl crisis

House Judiciary subcommittee tackles causes of fentanyl crisis

by Avani Kalra | Mar 1, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Wednesday blamed immigration at the southern border for an increasing number of fentanyl deaths, stepping up their criticisms of Biden administration policies and calling for stricter regulations and more surveillance at the border....
At first full Committee on Homeland Security hearing, Republicans claim fentanyl crisis due to Biden’s border policy

At first full Committee on Homeland Security hearing, Republicans claim fentanyl crisis due to Biden’s border policy

by Lucia Barnum | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Immigration

WASHINGTON — Members of the new GOP-led House Committee on Homeland Security debated the issue of fentanyl at the border at the first hearing of the new Congress, saying Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the rest of President Joe Biden’s...
‘Deliberate, calculated treachery’: Senators say Mexico, China must do more to curb fentanyl crisis

‘Deliberate, calculated treachery’: Senators say Mexico, China must do more to curb fentanyl crisis

by Nicole Markus | Feb 15, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – One hundred faces lined the walls of the Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters in the first week after the fentanyl memorial was created last May. Now, less than a year later, over 4,800 people are memorialized there. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram...
Biden presents new plan to tackle fentanyl crisis in State of the Union

Biden presents new plan to tackle fentanyl crisis in State of the Union

by Avani Kalra | Feb 7, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden introduced a plan to tackle the country’s opioid overdose crisis, which is killing more than 70,000 Americans a year, in his State of the Union address Tuesday. Biden said that the country will launch a “major surge” to stop fentanyl...
Border patrol agents testify in front of House Oversight Committee as immigration debate intensifies

Border patrol agents testify in front of House Oversight Committee as immigration debate intensifies

by Saul Pink | Feb 7, 2023 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – Republicans on the House Oversight Committee sparred with Democrats over the Biden administration’s policies regarding the southern U.S. border Tuesday, which GOP lawmakers say has created a “crisis.” The hearing – part of the House GOP’s promise to...
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