fentanyl, synthetic fentanyl. synthetic fentanyl and other synthetic drugs are generally made out of this country. the bad guys know when we find a chemical compound, to get it listed on the drug analogue statute, they tweak the compound and takes another three, four years to get the drug on the statute. again, the compound, make it illegal. it's a cat and mouse game we're losing. we're losing our children in closing, i'd like to note this, and i ask people to consider this. let's put a face on this stuff. john sochi had a daughter. in front of her 18-month-old child, she was murdered by her boyfriend who was addicted to opioids. two years later, they lost her son to a heroin overdose. briana, as i mentioned earlier, died five months pregnant when a drug dealer repeatedly pushed her to try heroin even though she hadn't been using for seven or eight months. one dose and she was gone. that dose had synthetic drugs in it as well. there are so many other stories out there. law enforcement in trouble because of these s

fentanyl is a huge focus. there was controversy with a bill that would have expanded access to a drug, one of three existing drugs used to treat opioid use disorder. after some back and forth and questions about why the drug was being held up, has been included in the house package that will be voted on. would essentially require that the department of health and human services ensure all of the grant money it issues for addiction treatment goes to evidence-based forms of addiction treatment. that something a comment sensing, but it has -- common sense thing, but that has not been the case. you use medication like methadone and you combine it with psychosocial counseling and that is the care for this disease. this are too many cases in country that would say the majority of addiction treatment does not conform to those standards. there are other smaller bills to help families whose babies are born with neil nabel -- neonatal abstinence syndrome that is a baby born mother with substance abuse and airport with o

we are seeing drugs being laced with fentanyl which is 100% -- 100 times more powerful than morphine. i've seen estimates concluding two million of our fellow americans are addicted to opioids. too many lives have been lost and too many families have been destroyed. as we work to confront the epidemic, we must prevent the abuse of opioids, stop the flow of opioids into the united states, and treat those americans who have become addicted. last week, the house passed 35 bills to address the opioid epidemic through stronger prevention, treatment, and enforcement activities. today, we can continue that work. h.r. 5762 would further enable law enforcement to stop the flow of opioids, such as fentanyl, from entering the united states. this bill would create a joint task force within the department of homeland security to organize opioid interdiction efforts across multiple components and agencies. the task force would coordinate the assets and personnel of customs and border protection, immigration, and customs enforcement, citizenship and immigration services, the coast guard and other re

overdoses, carfentanil, fentanyl, other synthetic opioids. the county that comprises columbus, ohio, came out with their report from last year, 47% increase in overdose deaths, two-thirds were related to fentanyl. this is a huge crisis and it is amazing to me that we are allowing our united states post office to be able to continue not to provide law enforcement the data they need to be able to find that needle in the haystack. we introduced this legislation back in february of 2017, it has 32 co-sponsors including a number of members of this committee on both sides of the aisle and i just am frustrated as the chairman and staff knows, we can't get it out of this committee. can't get it to the floor for a vote. theres a companion bill in the house, it's common sense legislation. is it the ultimate answer? no. the cara legislation which senator whitehouse and i co-authored is working on treatment and recovery and prevention and helping on narcan, but this is -- this is a clear and present danger and we are not addressing it, we are allowing pe

now, fentanyl is extremely powerful. it's 25 to 50 times more powerful than heroin. so, these folks were buying what they thought was a legitimate hydrocodone pill on the black market, yet they were buying a pill that contained fentanyl. >> and it killed them. >> and we had 15 people die of overdoses. >> w. well, lieutenant simmons, you have the unique perspective from being a pharmacy technician turned police officer. now you're training other officers and district attorneys how to recognize the dangers from prescription-drug abuse. can you give us -- what did you see before and now? >> so, working in the pharmacy as a pharmacy technician, in the profession, you saw a lot of individuals who were most likely addicted to the opiate-based drugs, who were doctor-shopping or pharmacy-shopping or altering prescriptions and trying to find other illicit ways to get their hands on more of the opiate drug or amphetamine drug that they were addicted to. and now in law enforcement, you see those people out on the street, whether they just purchased something illicitly or whethe

tragically, she ended up dying from a fentanyl overdose. her father came before our committee and bravely shared his family's story. he hoped their loss would help spur congress to modernize federal laws. sadly, amanda's story, as you'll hear today, is not unique. all of us know someoneirtly or indirectly affected by this crisis. truly it is the crisis next door. my colleagues here today each have similar stories from their districts. we will have them speak about those. it's for the people in these photos that we rallied around bipartisan legislation. it's for their families, for their friends, for the future of our country. the ones left behind in their heartbreak, they expect us to act and we are. we will not rest until we have won this fight against the opioid addiction. while this crisis looms large before us, i believe we as a congress, we as the american people are clearly up to this task. we passed the comprehensive addiction recovery act and the 21st century cures act last congress under fred upton's leadership. earlier this year w

taken together these two busts, 20 pounds and 22 pounds of fentanyl is enough fentanyl to kill 9.5 million people. think about that, by the way that's about 80% of the population of my state of ohio, just these two busts alone. on monday we had a tele-town hall, we do these on a monthly basis. one question i asked in the last several years is if you know anybody directly affected by the opioid epidemic. we had the highest percentage response ever at the town hall meeting monday. the tele-town hall meeting was 67% of the people on the call said yes, they knew someone directly affected by the opioid epidemic, the highest level we've had. one woman i spoke to on the call, pauline from zanesville, ohio, told me a tragic story that's unfortunately similar to other ones i hear as i travel the state. it's about her brother. her brother died of an offender. her brother -- of an overdose. he did not use opioid according to her but he died of an offender. she said he smoked marijuana but there was something put into the marijuana he was smoking that caused him to overdose and died. i hear this a lot

speaker, just how dangerous is fentanyl? i can relate to you a recent incident which occurred in our state of new york, seizure of fept nil in new york spiked by over 1,000% between 2016 and 2017. in 2016, in new york city where j.f.k. airport is a major shipping point, 64 pounds of fentanyl were seized. pounds. in one bust, they seized 100 pound of fentanyl which is enough to kill the entire population of new york city and new jersey combined. this bill is a commonsense approach to physical the problem. i would like to thank chairman prayedy, mr. reichert, mr. bishop, mr. pascrell and i urge my colleagues to support this vitally significant legislation. mr. speaker, we are passing numerous bills this week dealing with the opioid crisis. perhaps none is as important as the stop act. and i urge all of my colleagues to support this legislation. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan reserves. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pascrell: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from

is the leading cause of drug deaths. >> lucas overdosed on heroin lasd with fentanyl fives he checked in nine days before we spoke to him and it is the longest he's been sober in years. >> >> how many times would you shoot up in one day? >> it could be 30, 50, it doesn't matter >> 30 or 50 times? >> yeah, definitely. >> he got his fix from a local drug house and ended the line on a supply chain killing an average of 45 people per week in ohio. >> and you ask the dealers, where is the dose that is killing people you seek that. >> you want the dose that is killing people. >> basically $6 billion over the next two years but ohio senator rob portman is worried it is not enough his office is looking into the link between fentanyl and digital occurrence and he said congress needs to wake up. >> we were able to access six different websites and get information on 300 individuals and in every case they said use bitcoin. >> to pay for the drugs. >> to pay for the drugs. >> should more be done to oversee these type of occurrences. >> the regulators are looking at it obviously but all can i tell

fentanyl test strips provided by syringe access programs have identified the presence of fentanyl in many of our street purchased drugs. what we do when we find this, we first and foremost work closely with drug users and we have an organization that does this out reach for us. we wanted to lift the conversation to make sure that physicians and hospitals are well aware of this. many times some hospitals will not test for this kind of a drug and we want to make sure -- we are trying to make sure if we see a theme coming so we are good i think about getting to the drug using community but we also wanted to give to our practi practitioners. some of the actions is to refer patients with opioid use disorder to treatment. san francisco has treatment available on demand which can be accessed at methadone programs or triage center. we just funded $6 million, 3 million per year to expand our access and we have a street medicine chain that we will be work, out of the syringe access centers and also on the streets of san francisco. those will also be available for practitioners and ensure any p

with fentanyl making it's way across america at a rapid...and lethal rate... the alameda county sheriff's office rolled out a program almost two years ago requiring that deputies carry the life-saving nasal spray known as narcan....but while the sergeant used two doses to treat the detective he was exposed and fell ill.sgt. kelly says both survived thanks to the training and antidote.sot: sgt. ray kelly, alameda county sheriff's office// "it's just a matter of time before it happens to another agency within the bay area. so when you do a threat assessment and risk analysis it's going to happen to your department so you need to get ahead of the curve on this and purchase narcan for your officers and first (ken)new at ten: officers are being exposed to fentanyl in harris county, texas in what officials are calling a targeted attack. a sergeant received treatment today after touching a flyer laced with fentanyl. officials say the sergeant removed a flyer from her windshield and later began to feel light-headed.the flyers included the logo of a group called "targe

if one line appears it has fentanyl, two lines they don't. fentanyl is 50% stronger than heroin and acarding to the non-profit coalition, drug users are getting testing supplies including glide and same r saint james infirmry. the health department is spending $50,000 on this program for the strips that cost about a dollar apiece for off label use which is not approved by the fda, half of california's needle exchange programs are now supplying those strips and those are also in use in new york state and vancouver. speaking of vancouver, the nbc bay area investigative unit, got a look at sup advised injection sites there. san francisco is going to open two such sites by august as part of their strategy to try to keep people safe and the city streets say little cleaner. >> kris, when we think about this, a drug is a drug, illegal drugs are bad but why this focus on fentanyl when you can put so many other things in there? >> because it is so potent, we mentioned 50% stronger than heroin people are looking for. there were 750 nearly deaths in cal

he almost died after being exposed to fentanyl bust. lisa amin gulezian tells us he's already back on the job. >> reporter: medics rushed to the motel 6 at industrial park in hayward after an undercover detective and his sergeant walked into room 278 for a drug bust. neither realized they were exposed to a microscopic cloud of the deadly drug fentanyl. the detective caught the brunt of it. >> at one point we know he went into respiratory distress and stopped breathing. his lips turned blue. his eyes rolled back in his head and he he went unconscious. >> reporter: patrol deputies and canine units carry a dose of narcan, but it didn't work. >> had we not administered those doses of narcan to our detective, he would have died. >> reporter: then the sergeant got sick from cross contamination. he refused to take the last dose in case someone else needed it. >> we have to acquire more of these devices and make them more readily available. >> reporter: not all agencies carry narcan. investigators believe fentanyl and other drugs were being mix

and often what leads them to go from pills to injection of fentanyl or heroin is that it's easier to get.

particularly when it relates to something like fentanyl. recently in my district 34 people in one county, this is the cause or you got to listen to the medical community. if you look at the of votes we have had on the house floor many of these bills are passing by boys. we have republicans than democrats thinking together. frank pallone the ranking member of the commerce committee has been very supportive of the bills. the lead doma credits been very supportive of this we also have house floor. we feel very confident that the senate is as well. the medical community has got to be involved in this as well as others as we tried to deal with this crisis that impacts everyone. >> caller: good morning. how are you doing? with all due respect congressman with a straight face can you please explain to me. [inaudible] instead of putting them in jail. you weren't doing that then all of a sudden everyone is worried. that's just the point blank straight about i it. it's all about who is suffering the most from this. that's not fair to anyone. people w

we have a fentanyl problem. >> new hampshire leads the nation in fatalities from fentanyl, a syntheticat's nearly 50 times more powerful than ro >> what we're dealing with is something that i never thought i would see in the fire service, but we're here and we're doing our best to combat it. >> the family are in the fight as well, their daughter jackie may be gone, but they believe her legacy can save lives. >> how are we going to stop this? you have start by talking about it. you have to let people know what's going on. you have to let people know that it is middle class america that's part of this problem. jon: rick leventhal reporting there f thank you. >>> the wages of tipped workers in washington, d.c. are in the hands of voters on tuesday. a ballot measured called initiative 77 aims to get rid of the current minimum wage for tipped workers which is a little more than $3 an hour. that wage would gradually increase to the same rate as nontipped employees, but some of washington's waiters and bartenders say the raise offered by initiative 77 would actually reduce their earnings. man

the early indication is exposure to a fentanyl dust cloud.two doses of the anti- opioid overdose drug ... at which point the detective regained consciousness. both officers were taken to the hospital following the incident and are expected to make a full recovery. ( darya ) san mateo police are looking for a masked man who robbed a 7-eleven store at gunpoint. the robbery happened last thursday at the store located at 600 east third avenue. the thief demanded cash while holding the victim at gunpoint. the robber got away. ( darya ) a correctional officer is recovering from injuries from an attack by an inmate at san quentin. inmate jesus pina was being escorted by a correctional officer from a medical appointment to his cell when he allegedly attacked the officer.. striking him multiple times in the face. the officer was able to escape from pina.. secure the cell and call for help. the officer was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover. ( james ) an environmental group just bought a large redwood forest in sonoma county ... and has p

with fentanyl making it's way across america at a rapid...and lethal rate...the alameda county sheriff's office rolled out a program almost two years ago requiring that deputies carry the life-saving nasal spray known narcan....but while the sergeant used two doses to treat the detective he was exposed and fell ill.sgt. kelly says both survived thanks to the training and antidote.sot: sgt. ray kelly, alameda county sheriff's office// "it's just a matter of time before it happens to another agency within the bay area. so when you do a threat assessment and risk analysis it's going to happen to your department so you need to get ahead of the curve on this and purchase narcan for your officers and first responders." the drug enforcement administration reports this amount 2-3 milligrams of fentanyl compared to the size of a penny can kill.fentanyl can be packaged as a pill, capsule, liquid or powder which when airborne becomes an immediate risk.sgt. kelly says one dose of narcan costs $35 and hopes to see more made available to first responders. in alameda county

fentanyl used to come it nowy here, but comes from mexico. so, we ang to close the border and dual we have to do and everybody understands it. you for having us and alabama seems to be well-represented in the room today! i just want to say, to add to most people int the house have never seen regular order, when it comes to the appropriations process, and we spend a lot of time back in ts talking to constituents about having an open and transparent process that does not end with people negotiation -- negotiating how to fund the government. so, i am just grateful that we today to discuss this and i am very encouraged by how much action is taking place inside the house and the senate and i look forward to getting these bills across the finish line. >> thank you. i would like to hear what you have to say. >> thank you. your engagement on appropriation is distinct from other administrations and it results in a better work product. we are tough on spending, make sure that we are not spending than required. taxpayers require us to do our job and the

fentanyl is up to 50% stronger than heroin. lastfentanyl test strip in. >>> that happy end to a bummer. a fire destroyed a mobile health unit. today they will announce funding for a fully functional mobile unit. >>> the governor getting us ready for droughts. it required to enact permanent conservation rules even when our state is not in a drought. >> the president is angerly tweeting about canada this morning. >> he is trying to move closer to north korea. >> we entered a trade war over the last two days. they pointed out we have been the closest for years. we even stormed the beaches. this morning tweeted canada is unfair to american farmers. we are upping and we'll include kim jong shul will deliver a letter to the white house. we hope it's conciliatory and will bring us closer to a summit. >> a letter will be delivered to me. i look forward to seeing what's in the letter. it is very important to them. >> we have got r which says it has not cost 16 ppt 7 million. our numbers show 16 ppt 7. the president is rounding up to 17.

heroin with fentanyl makes a user have no idea the size of the dosage. thank you for your work on the problem, especially on closing the border. we hope that takes place and we want to be of help. trump: the fentanyl used to come directly here, but it now comes from mexico. so, we are going to close the border and dual we have to do and everybody understands it. >> thank you for having us and alabama seems to be well-represented in the room today. i just want to say, to add to everything, that most people in the house have never seen regular order, when it comes to the appropriations process, and we spend a lot of time back in our districts talking to constituents about having an open and transparent process that does not end with people negotiation -- negotiating how to fund the government. the voices of the people we represent are heard in the bills going through committee and to the full course. so, i am just grateful that we had this chance today to discuss this and i am very encouraged by how much action is taking place inside the house and the sena

and fentanyl analog. fentanyl is an extremely deadly opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. fentanyl is being ill listly manufactured in china and mexico, where most of the illegal fentanyl in the united states originating from china and it's readily available to purchase through the online marketplaces. if we were to craft effective leg raher to and legislative solutions to combat these transnational criminal organizations, we need to fully study and analyze thousand virtual currencies and online marketplaces are used to facilitate sex and drug trafficing to determine how best to eliminate their use. h.r. 6069, the fine trafficking act requires the -- find trafficking act requires the comp troll ore they have united states to, one, carry out a study of how virtual currencies and online marketplaces are used to facilitate sex and drug trafficking and two, make recommendations to congress on actions that would impede the use of viffer -- virtual currencies and online marketplaces in faci

in this case, it's fentanyl hydro chloride. that would be a schedule 1 narcotic that we would seize. >> customs and border patrol seizes tens of thousands of packages a year. federal agents turn them over to police for prosecution. the offenders get crafty. they try to disguise them as beauty products, in teddy bears. fentanyl is the most seized. 1,476 pounds was seized last year. again, a few milligrams can kill a person. that figure has skyrocketed from just two pounds seized in 2013. last week the u.s. house passed a comprehensive package to carve out the drug epidemic here in mark and would give more control on the postal service to crack down on people sending them to people here in america. >> dana: matt, fascinating. thank you. take a look at this guy making his home in maine. we'll introduce you to the k-9 making live easier for one former president and potentially many other veterans. we'll meet him next. come here, babe. ok. nasty nighttime heartburn? try new alka-seltzer pm gummies. the only fast, powerful heartburn

when they did the autopsy they discovered it was 100% fentanyl. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. keating: i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from massachusetts. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the aye vs. it. he amendment is agreed to. now in order to consider amendment number six printed in ouse report 115-766. in order to consider amendment number 7 printed in house report number 115-766. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition. in order to ms. waters: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 7 printed in part b of the house report number 115-766. offered by miss maxine waters of california. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 949, the gentlewoman from california, ms. waters, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. ms. waters: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i

particularly with something like fentanyl, just recently, the news in my district was 34 people in one county, this is the cause. we have got to listen to the medical community. they have been on board with what we are doing. if you look at the votes that we have had on the house floor, many of these bills are passing by voice. we have republicans and democrats together. frank cohen has been very supportive of the bills that we have. very supportive of the bills that we have passed on the house floor because the vote total, when you see it, we feel very confident that the senate is going to take these up as well. got toical community has be involved with this, along with the patient community and others. host: maryland is next. garrick, a democrat. good morning. how are you doing? with all due respect, congressman, in a straight face, ,an you please explain to me with the crack epidemic in the 1980's, with all the communities, instead of putting them in jail, you all were thinking about that then. everybody is worried. who really ist suffering the most from this stuff. if wes not fair

. >> tucker: but we don't care about fentanyl coming over ovee border. >> i care. i care. don't think we should -- >> tucker: what if illegal aliens were dying in fentanyl, not just dealing it, you think we would say, we can do and think about it, it's a demand problem? i don't think we wed for would. >> the realityty is that there e many democrats out there who are responding to what they see and they don't like thet fact that children are separated from their parents. i do not think it's a good thing in this country any day when a child and a parent or separated, no matter what country they come from, no matter how they got there, that shouldn't happen. we should try and do our best to have a system that doesn't allow that to happen. and whether it's because they are illegal immigrants, whether it is because they were accused of shoplifting, whether it is because they are accused of tax evasion, i think the effort by you and others on the right to try and gin up this energy is exactly the kind of force that makes it such a divisive issue, tucker. the reality is, the immi

and keep fentanyl off the streets of the united states. >> tucker: we appreciate it. recently you've seen an obsession in the press with the notion that it is particularly evil to separate illegal immigrant parents from their children, here's part of the outcry. >> taking children from their parents come up from their families come up from their stop and it is not negotiable. >> where we don't tear them from the loving arms of their mothers and their fathers. >> at the fact that the families are being separated at the border, they are being torn out of the arms of their mothers is on donald trump's head. >> tucker: there are a lot of sad stories out there but let's put this in perspective. parents are separated from their children every day in this country, american citizens separated from their children. it happens when they are arrested, theft, drug dealing, tax evasion, whatever and nobody cares. to the left, illegal immigrants are special and they have more rights than you do, david, i think it's crushing when parents are separated from their kids but i wonder why

and all of that is coming from mexico, all this fentanyl, and with heroin laced with fentanyl, the user has no idea of the dosage. and consequently we have so many deaths, overdose deaths. so thank you for your work on opioid on the problem. especially on closing that border. and we hope that that takes place, and we want to be of help in that regard. >> even the fentanyl is coming -- it used to come directly here but now it is coming from mexico too. so we're going to close up that border. we're going to do what we have to do. everybody understands it. martha? >> thank you, mr. president, for having us and alabama seems to be well represented in this room today. [laughter] >> i just want to say just to add to everything that's already been said, members of the house have never seen regular order when it comes to an appropriations process, so we spent a lot of time back in our districts talking to our constituents about the importance of having this open transparent process so it doesn't end up with four people in a room negotiating how to fund our government, that the voices of the peo

. >> we are talk about dess that would allow them to test their drugs for fentanyl. it can be up to 50% more potent than heroin alone. it can be deadly. they get the testing strips for just a few seconds. if two lines appear the drugs do not. 2017 deadly fentanyl overdoses tripled killing 746 people according to the state health department. they cost about $1 a strip. they are using as an off brand purpose. they are in use right now at half of the state's needle exchange program. they are also used in vancouver. it traveled there to get an tw august of this year. president trump is expecting a letter today which may signal a moment. it is supposed to be hand delivered by north korea's former spy chief. it is a final message from kim jong un. they held a series of talks in new york. the goal is the kick start that summit. for this to happen north korea has to give up nuclear weapons. they say letting the opportunity to go to waste would be tragic. >> we have made real progress in the last 72 hours towards setting the conditions. >> if today's letter does signal a gree

that's enough fentanyl to kill every single american citizen by overdose.hout i.c.e., that would still be in circulation. they are also the body responsible for deporting anyone illegally inside the united states. last year they removed 2,026,000 people who broke american law. i.c.e. did that because i.c.e. is the only agency we have to do it. without i.c.e., criminal aliens could stay in this country with impunity, including gang members, child molesters, drug smugglers, and convicted murderers. they could not be deported. companies could bring in an unlimited number of illegal workers which could crash wages for american workers, even more than it already has. it would be a disaster, but it's the point. the campaign against i.c.e. is a campaign for open borders and some are honest enough to admit that. activists have chanted this, "no borders, no nations, stop the deportations." "no borders, no nations." one leads to the others, always. without borders, nations are in impossible. if we pass a law tomorrow allowingng strangers to live in your house, what i

we're cracking down on deadly synthetic drugs like fentanyl. we're giving law enforcement tools to get dangerous medicati treat pain. drugs f our streets and out of our communities. and we're improving data used to help at-risk patients and families and those who are already struggling communities. and we're with addiction. our communities are coming together, standing side by side, to help each other through this difficult time. those struggling with addiction and their family and friends are getting some much needed ssistance from congress. both in washington and in pennsylvania we and i will continue to work with my colleagues, community leaders, health care professionals, and law enforcement to prioritize an immediate and effective response to save the lives of those we love. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair now recognizes the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, for five minutes. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize and congratulate four exceptional students from new jersey's point plea

president has said if someone is dealing fentanyl, dealing heroin laced with fentanyl, doing so knowing what the substance is they are selling, the odds are they are going to be pretty directly behind dozens of deaths , if not hundreds of deaths. yet, there is a certain logic that will lead you to say if you are responsible for that level of societal harm, that is why most states have capital punishment. there is a thought of increasing penalties for dealers, not really for possession. the focus is on treatment and enforcement, not necessarily specific to individual actors. more big picture drug distribution. not possession. host: thank you for being with us. guest: my pleasure. host: that will do it for today's "washington journal." we will see you tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. thanks. ♪ >> ahead on c-span, testimony from justice and homeland security department officials on protecting election infrastructure from attack. later, an interview whiskey police -- an interview with steve scully's one year after he was seriously injured in a shooting during a baseball practice. that is follo

most americans don't know what fentanyl is, responsible for 20,000 deaths in 2016 alone. just three weeks ago out of nebraska, there was a seizure of enough fentanyl to kill 26 million americans, 26 million. if we don't get the message out there enough, really as a society. the first lady's platform also includes this as a very big piece and i'm happy to say that the centers for medicare and medicaid recently provided guidance to the states on best to use medicaid dollars to help babies. we have 100 newborns every day born in this country struggling for their first breaths. i think the elevation that you and the first lady and the entire cabinet legislatures and of course your executives out in the states, the governors is making a big difference. finally, since we're talking about workforce development, these go hand in hand. 6.7 million unfilled available jobs right now. many people are failing the drug tests. we are trying to treat the whole person. in addition to dhs, doj, va and hhs, hud and department of labor, so we are treating the whole person, connecting them wi

investigators say he might've been exposed to the opioid fentanyl and stopped breathing. >> a nasal spray that every day pd now carries -- deputy now carries saved his life.>> reporter: this is where he came in contact with a harmful narcotics that could have killed them. >> he stopped breathing, his lips turned blue. >> reporter: on friday, the deputy and sergeant served a search warrant on a suspected drug dealer, within seconds of entering the room, exposed to what investigators believe was the opioid fentanyl, and could have led to a possible overdose. the department is required to carry this, that reverses the effect.>> the first vial of narcan, it did not wo he then followed up with a second. >> that brought the deputy back. however, because of cross- contamination, the sergeant was also exposed and became violently ill. although he didn't need the narcan, with the small, simple looking nasal spray is a game changer, they recommend every department and person carry. >> had we not administered this initially and immediately, it is likely that he would've died.>> reporter: they are at

they seized 2400-pound of fentanyl. >> laura: they are fine with that. but they want it taken out for more accountability. >> i'm not buying it. they want to pick and choose their acronyms. i disagree with that. there is no evidence that they believe that you can, quote, reimagine it. it's a small world attraction. you are not reimagining i.c.e., you are letting them do their jobs by keeping criminal aliens out and enforcing the laws in our places of education, welfare offices. i believe, laura, when you get past the talk of abolish i.c.e., which is becoming the lurch for the democratic party. it's from the ignorant to. irrational if you listen to what they are saying. they are trying to outflank each other on the left for 2020 as well. they should not be politicizing this at a time when these are serious matters. some of these folks who have a right to protest, some are calling for anarchy over authority. they can't have it both ways. at the same time, they pretend that i.c.e. did not detect fentanyl, 50 times the potency of heroin, they can't pretend t

fentanyl, for instance, teenage fentanyl use, for instance, is a vicious cycle. adolescence have a still developing free frontal -- prefrontal cortex whi can facilitate drug seeking behavior. the drug alters the development of this area of the brain, making that behavior determine. -- permanent. the majority o adults who develop a substance abuse disorder or addiction begin using before they are 18 years old. in order to address the multifaceted public health crishat the opioid epidemic represents, we must consider both the cause and the effect. advancing this legislation has been a collaborative process and i greatly appreciate the hard work of all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. i encourage my colleagu support h.r. 449. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from new jersey serves. without objection, the gentleman from oregon, mr. walden, will control the remainder of the time for the majority, the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. walden: thank you, mr. speaker. our work on the house floor today is the cu

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one fainted after being exposed to fentanyl in the air. responding officers gave them narcan and believe the doses >> t is certainly out tmuni to be aware that a lot of times it can be on a it is in liquified form. >> reporter: the santa clara county sheriff's office says it is on board as well. they sent me this picture of one of the deputy's narcan kits. police officers tell me the opioid epidemic is no longer an east coast to midwest problem, it is now here in the bay area and they want to get ahead of it. we're live in san jose. i'm damian trujillo, "nbc bay area news." >> thank you. >>> holding the line, that's what firefighters are saying about the pawnee fire burning in lake county. these are the air tankers there, helping ground crews fight the fire. the good news tonight, firefighters say it is not growing. just this morning cal fire ended mandatory evacuations in the double eagle community, and at this hour the fire is 40% contained. it has charred more than 13,000 acres and destroyed 22 structures including several homes. >>nd t

including synthetic fentanyl.civil grand jury recommended that officers carry the drug. the san mateo county sheriff's office says its deputies have already undergone narcan training. ( marty )in national news... police are learning more about the assault on a maryland newsroom that killed five people. and the community is mourning the loss. police say the suspect, jarrod ramos killed five employees and left two others injured. ramos was denied bail on five counts of first degree murder. authorities say he acted deliberately and methodically on thursday. he barricaded the back entrance of the newsroom, blocking one of the exits.

for those that are here in the chamber, you got to understand illegal fentanyl. if you took a saltshaker and put half a dozen grains of salt on and put your finger on it, likely go through your skin and you would pass out and die unless my colleague from texas and put your finger on or tennessee here or the house physician had some they could revive you. it's that potent, dangerous, and deadly. that's what's getting cut into heroin -- by wait you can always trust your local heroin dealer to get the right mixture. they're good chemists, i'm sure. no, not. that's what we're trying to stop with this legislation is this illegal fentanyl coming in through the mail system from foreign countries, mainly china. and stop it from get nag they c it's that potent, our country. that's why -- from getting into our country. that's why i commend mrs. blackburn, mr. green, and everybody involved in this legislation. mr. speaker, i also take the floor because over the course of this week and next week, we will deal with more than 57 different opioid related bills. we have heard fr

we have criminals going free and thousands of pounds of fentanyl on the streets.ou can't deny those are real concerns. >> those are concerns but again, there are 20 agencies that handle different things that i.c.e. handles. now, i.c.e. is so vague that the president has power with $6 billion and asking for two more billion dollars using and i.c.e. up for his own police force. >> tucker: i understand and i think we disagree on everything that i do agree with you that federal agencies do things they weren't created to do and i'm against that. but getting rid of the agency leaves you in the position of having to explain specifically who will arrest the illegal aliens who are also illegal aliens and murderers. >> a very small percentage. >> but the numbers are high. the percentage is small but the aggregate number is big. thousands and thousands of people. so who supports them? >> but there were smaller agencies -- i think first we just have to -- if you are sort of asking for a solution but first we need to agree that i.c.e. is the problem and the fact that it's $6 m

the last six months. 60 million lethal doses of fentanyl. so it is that, it's ms-13, it is the illegal drugs, and it's the rule of law that is ultimately at stake. where are the democrats -- >> laura: democrats tell stories with pictures. republicans cite numbers and charts. the emotion, they have it on their side. is this thing going to pass? >> no, i don't think either will pass. >> laura: we'll keep having a chain migration explosion in the united states and across the border. thank you so much for that insight. how low can they go? we'll show you how the radical fringe seems to have lost its collective what's left of its mind during the latest tantrum over trump. stay there. >> laura: oh, by now you've all heard of the trump derangement syndrome. this latest immigration crisis seems to have triggered the left into something far more dark and and1 potentially dangerous. when media outlets allow nazi and holocaust comparisons to go unchallenged, it's no wonder that fringe groups are going off the rail. it started monday when an occupy wall

investigators say they believe he was exposed to the opioid, fentanyl, and he stopped breathing. the nasal spray, narcan, that every deputy now carries, saved his life. this happened friday while the deputies were serving a search warrant on a suspected drug dealer at a motel in hayward. the suspect was taken into custody. police say recovered several kilos of cocaine and meth. >>> police in fremont released a sketch of a man who burglarized home and undressed in front of the woman inside. it happened early thursday morning when investigators say he got inside the home by opening an unlocked sliding glass door. an 18-year-old woman woke up to find the man in her doorway, naked and touching himself. e. police say he oo on the bicep of his left arm tobar >>> prosecutors in contra charg against a teacher and babysitter suspected of child sexual abuse. the suspect is facing two more felony charges after two new victims were found, making it six charges. he was a teacher at bentley high school in lafayette. he was also a part-time babysitter. investigators say he used various social m

. >> what about the narcotic, fentanyl, which is taking many lives? it is a synthetic opioid. what role is china playing in shipping fentanyl to the night states? >> a significant amount. congress has been fantastic in providing resources to the executive branch to push back against this new and truly-grave threat. >> i was in venezuela and president maduro said that a sham election wouldn't be recognized they were the world. there have been incredible negative outcomes in public health and they have now gone through with the election. what's is the next step to put pressure on him question mark >> we would put the additional sanctions on the regime and continue our -- what is the next step to put pressure on him? step to put pressure on him? >> we would put the additional sections on the regime and continue our diplomatic outreach to make them return to some semblance of a democracy. i have to say that this is an enormous challenge that our tools have not proven sufficient to date. >> there is one tool we have not used and you know it is. would you consider imposing oil sanct