there is money spent far beyond merida areas. >> are certainly a senator. i'm not in a position to comment on that. >> i wasn't looking to senata pro-creation that i look at all the agencies you mention your own inl at the iphone and security immigration military alcohol tobacco and firearms. i think to myself it has to be billions collectively. and i was one of the architects of the merida initiative which i support but what .5 billion later billions between the all of our respective agencies and what we have is an opioid epidemic. so one has to as a policymaker one has his take a step back and say themselves what is not working because something is not working. if billions of dollars later what you see is a spike versus a trend in the other direction than something is not working. if i were to say to you what's not working, what do we need to change your answer would be? >> first of all senator i think we have in the past few years come to the realization that it is a shared responsibility between the united states and trafficking countries. i am heartene

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foote: during the beginning o'st of president pena niet administration, there was a pause in plan merida as we did a mutual assessment of the security relationship, and over the past year and a half, we have seen much closer collaboration ando's administration, there was a pause in unprecedented openness and frankness in our bilateral dialogue, to answer your question, is mexico doing everything they can? they could improve. some of their efforts are not yet at the optimal level, but we remain optimistic and positive that they are moving in the right direction. mr. menendez: well i appreciate the optimism, but i am seeking to introduce a little dose of realism into it, and so part of the challenge is, you have in some of the northern parts of mexico where i have heard u.s. citizens from the region who have come to talk to me say that many who had businesses and long-time relationships with the media side of the border, they basically cannot operate their because the federal government's presence, ie, the federal government of mexico, is not there. if you have uncontrolled states, then yo

we are working cooperatively with the mexican government specifically on an initiative called the merida initiative, and where we have to date more than 4 billion seized in narcotics and those currency, that is a drop in the bucket. we simply have to address the demand in the united states for these lethal products. and i know that is not your job,job, and i will not ask you about it, but i am making a statement as united states senator. we have to address the demand in the united states for these lethal products. supply and demand go hand-in-hand. a long time ago i was an economics major. it is economics 101. when people demanded product you know what happens to him of, the supply will come. and when even more people demanded product the price will go up, and it goes around in a circle. years ago, too many to mention, imention, i don't know where my chairman was at that time it was so long ago,, when i 1st came to congress i wrote a bill call treatment on demand because what i found out, mr. chairman, members, when there is a person in america with a terriblethe terrible addiction, at t