(By Fourth District Congressman Mark Alford)This week, President Trump proposed tariffs to secure America. Under his leadership, Mexico, Canada, and Communist China are being held accountable for their roles in the deadly border and fentanyl crises.
Illicit fentanyl poisonings are now the number one cause of death among adults aged 18-49. As President Trump negotiates, he puts the American people and our national security first.
Access to the American market is a privilege. So, President Donald Trump proposed a 25% additional tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and is implementing a 10% additional tariff on imports from China until the crisis is alleviated.
Mexico and Canada have already caved—committing significant resources to secure our shared borders and stem the flow of fentanyl across them in exchange for a temporary pause in the tariffs. Just this week, border crossings are already down 93%. That’s the Art of the Deal.
It’s a new era in America. Doing our part to enact President Trump’s America First agenda, House Republicans passed the HALT Fentanyl Act.
This bill would make permanent a temporary order that registered fentanyl-related substances as a schedule-one narcotic. Making fentanyl-related substances a schedule-one drug will give law enforcement extra authorities to keep this extremely lethal and dangerous poison off our streets.
The bottom line is that we needed to pass this bill, and we did. We will always fight to make our communities safe and free from illicit, deathly substances.
As my friend Sarah Eager says, “The worst possible thing is to bury your child.”
3 comments:
Bottom line: supply and demand.
Trumps not concerned with fentenyl, you or me. His real motivation behind tariffs are to take over Canada for the natural resources and Mexico, to keep feeding the maga faithful with lies, chaos, and racial discrimination, which they eagerly consume. Make no mistake, your master is a total loser of a racist to end DEI, advances in civil rights, and giving away immigration rights to white south African Christians. He's never offered that to ANYONE of color or of alternative religion. One more fact: musk was not elected.
FYI, Facebook is now apparently censoring anything negative about DOGE to control the narrative and eliminate free speech. Authoritarian rule has arrived. What's next?
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