ms. vaughan. mr. krieger? >> i'm here before you today as a bereaved mother and cofounder of the fentanyl awareness coalition. we are a nonprofit organization comprised of three families. fighting to raise awareness of a paradigm shift which has occurred in the opioid crisis, and to educate the public on its devastating effects on countless families who have lost loved ones. the first question is, why is this woman committed raising awareness of opioid deaths sitting in a border crisis meeting? the single worst problem caused by the border policies, a problem which dwarfs the other problems we are talking about today. flash back to 2013, and in that year, china began mass manufacturing illicit fentanyl to get a foothold in the u.s. opioid markets. we saw the results of that begin to emerge when heroin related deaths began skyrocketing. that was the paradigm shift but the salient point for today's meeting is what happened nearer to our southern border in 2018 and what was that? it was china's decision under u.s

ms. vaughan, mr. krieger. >> i'm here before you today as a bereaved mother and cofounder of the fentanyl awareness coalition. we are a nonprofit organization comprised of three families. fighting to raise awareness of a paradigm shift, which has occurred in the opioid crisis, and to educate the public on its devastating effects on countless families who have lost loved ones. the first question is why is this woman committed to opioid crisis, sitting in a border crisis meeting. the single worst problem caused by the border policies, a problem which dwa r fs the problems we are talking about today, flash back to 2013, and in that year, china began mass manufacturing elicit fentanyl to get a foothold in the u.s. markets. we saw the results of that begin to emerge when heroin related deaths began skyrocketing. that was the paradigm shift by the salient point for today's meeting is what happened near to our southern border in 2018 and what was that. it was china's decision under u.s. pressure to cease all