are in your narcotics unit and what are the impact of your narcotics unit? >> we have a narcotics unit. it's not heavily staffed. i think we're under 10 in the narcotics unit. i will get a number for you before we leave here today. impact, the officers that we do have do a lot of good work. they make a lot of good arrests. they do a lot of search warrants. i can tell you that it's not enough. i can also tell you that this is a larger issue than narcotics enforcement because things that were enforceable in terms of penal consequences just a few years ago no longer have the same consequences. so it's a bigger -- in my opinion, a bigger issue than that. we really have to take where we are in society right now with the laws the way they are and work within that framework. enforcement that used to be effective in, at least, getting that problem off the street five or six years ago, it is no longer the issue. for instance, if somebody just has a possession case, that may have been a felony five years ago. it's no longer a felony. now it's a citable offense.

in colombia and gets to the united states and every country that is affected along the way and certainly, americans who are affected by the introduction of the elicit narcotics in the united states are part of that and feel that suffering. we know we have a responsibility at this end and we have spoken about it in terms of demand reduction. it appears to be rising like the number of first time users continues to push up. these are all issues that are going to have to be dealt with in a coordinated fashion at our end. and we understand what the coordination needs to be at that end. >> it is impossible to talk about cocaine and the distribution without mentioning -- let me say some elements of the fark may have demanded and disarmed, the space they occupy in colombia taken up by cartel or elements and you're someone that is very familiar with the region and obviously as a career service at the highest levels of the state department is aware that it is indisputable. that the distribution of cocaine is wholly, is assisted actively by elements in the venzeula government and kingpin december medications and sanctions and indictments in the united states in some of

united states. and every country that is affected along the way and certainly americans who are affected by the introduction of the elicit narcotics in the united states are part of that and feel that suffering. we know we have a responsibility at this end, and we've spoken about it in terms of demand reduction. unfortunately, demand also appears rising. some of those indicators like the number of first-time users continues to push up. these are all issues that are going to have to be dealt with in a coordinated fashion at our end, and we understand what the coordination needs to be at that end. >> well, and it's impossible to talk about cocaine and its distribution -- well, let me begin by saying that some elements of the farc may have disbanded and disarmed and decommissioned, the space they once occupied in many parts of colombia have been taken up by cartel and/or eln elements. and you're someone that is familiar, very familiar with the region and obviously is a career service at the highest levels of the state department are aware of this. it is indisputable, right, that the distribution of cocaine is holy is assisted activel

energized by president trump's visit to china last november, the united states and china have forged a relationship. -- in productive, contra narcotics relationship. as a result of our cooperation, china has established a mastic the mastic restrictions on the 143uction and sale of substances. unfortunately, we are seeing a new trend of rogue chinese chemists who are manufacturing illicit opioids, selling them online to drug traffickers, and shipping them in small quantities to the united states. they sell them. as secretary nielsen mentioned, the amount of fentanyl necessary to convey a lethal dose is extremely small. we are talking about small quantities. in response, we are working closely with china to improve coordination and screening of mail packages between our 2 countries, and we are on an aggressive timetable to get all packages coming from china tagged with electronic data we're going to continue with . we're going to continue with china and other sources. of these chemicals and illicit opioids. collaboration is the only way we can tackle a problem that has no regard for international borders. the state department will cont

north and south here all the cartels with other narcotics through the caribbean, central america, whatever it was to get up to organizations in the united states, pretty much, in my major violators of counterfeit medicines act like narcotics traffickers. this is an example of the shipping they do around the world. int slide if you would read terms of the dark lead -- dark web, we have not previously been exposed to the dark web here. two years ago, we were trying to do what we could to address the pharmacy exposure in the open web. with xanax, we started to work to try to get them on board to if you lend asee hand to address the problem. notgh we make it, we are authorized to purchase it ourselves. there is a bit of a stumbling block in that regard. we did find out unlike the open beinganax was heavily advertised on the dark web. overdoses and hospitalizations in the last three years. , showing some of many how xanax is highly advertised on the dark web. and even in terms of the upper ,eft, compared to others criminal elements decided xanax .ad the most cachet that gives you a flavor of what we're looking at. upill turn it over to wrap

cartels shipping their cocaine and other narcotics to the caribbean, central america, whatever it was, mexico, to get up to the organizations and outlets in the united states. pretty much the major violators of counterfeit medicines act like narcotics traffickers. this is an example of a shipping they people do to get it around the world. next slide if you would. in terms of the dark web, we had not previously been exposed to the dark web to intimately here at pfizer. most of her work up until about two years ago we were trying to do what we could to address the online pharmacy exposure on the open web, the web most people can go to. as we started to read in the paper more and more problems with counterfeit xanax, we started to work with doj to come on board and launch a partner up with dea in particular to see if we could lend a hand to partner with them to address that problem. because this is scheduled medicine, although we make it, we are not authorized to test purchase it ourselves. there's a bit of a stumbling block in that regard. we did go to the dark web and found out that unlike on the open web, xanax was heavily being advertised on the da

and a 35% cut in overall international narcotics law enforcement funding, just at a a time when record amounts of fentanyl i find it way into the united states -- are finding their way. >> the moment of panic is over for the world. they have watched this administration walk away from its traditional obligations to try to stand up for the rule of law, to try to promote democracy and human rights, to protect america's interests and our allies. minnesota making other plans without us. i hope the next administration will be able to correct for that but those plans are to break once they are made and hope republicans and democrats will stand up to make sure that america does not become any weaker in the world than it already is today, 15 15 monthso this administration. we are less safe as a nation because of this wholesale withdrawal from the global stage. it's not too late to try to turn it around so i yield the floor. >> mr. president? >> the senator from delaware. >> mr. president, i join my colleagues on the floor here today to address this afternoon concerns we have with the foreign-policy and the trump administration. i want to thank

having been narcotics manager in the justice department and watching the draconian three strikes you're out types of penalties that go in, they did nothing to stem the flow of drugs in the united states. really, we have to focus on our, why is there such an epidemic group in the urns. >> so ryan, the president looking ahead to the potential 2020 election foes. take a listen. >> can you imagine covering bernie? or pocahontas. imagine having to cover elizabeth warren. >> the president saying bernie sanders, elizabeth warren would be voting candidates. the crowd seemed to agree or at least liked what they were hearin hearing,. make sure you can entertain. >> what he did was make sure he could entertain, and he alone got more coverage than all of them combined. he's sort of letting us all in that he knows the secret of his success is to keep -- and frankl frankly, the focus was to entertain and keep eyes on him at all times. the speech was a combined speech. it brought hilarity, frightening ideas like borrowing from a dictatorship. this judges about lacks an understanding what the drob, and then these. >> how he talked about maxine waters and called her low iq out of nowhere and s

narcotics funding. just when phenomenon is find -- fentanyl is finding its way into the united states they have watched the united states walk away for standing up to the rule of law and to try to protect america's interests. they are making other plans without us, and i hope the next administration will be able to correct for that. but those plans are hard to break once they are made. i hope republicans and democrats will stand up to make sure that america does not become any weaker in the world than it is today 15 months into this administration. we are less safe as an administration because of this withdrawal from the global stage. it's not too late to try to turn it around. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. coons: mr. president, i join my colleagues on the floor here today to address this afternoon concerns we have the foreign policy of the trump administration. i want to thank my colleague, senator menendez of new jersey, the ranking member of the foreign relations committee, and comment first at the outset on two things that have been widely said that i just

unit. in order to minimize his contact with other inmates, he's in a single-man cell and even takes his recreation time alone. gallop is currently serving two years for the distribution of narcotics also has an open case for assault with a dangerous weapon, to which he has pled not guilty. but his reputation at suffolk county stems from a prior conviction for attacking another inmate during an earlier stay here. >> one day i was just sitting down. and i was like maybe i could take the mirror off. i started playing with it and i learnt how to take it apart. i ran into another kid's cell and i stabbed him. >> the inmate was stabbed 19 times. >> myself and the staff responded. as we entered the unit, we observed a cell door was wide open. and when we got down there, deven gallop was inside the cell and he was stabbing the inmate that was inside the cell with the manufactured weapon that he had made. there was blood on the walls, on the floor. all over both inmates. >> the victim survived the attack. >> i believe that he enjoyed the notoriety that came behind what he had done. it gives him a little bit of a reputation. and it sends a message to the staff as well as other inmates. >>

fall, the human commission on narcotic drugs put to international controls in the primary ingredients used to produce fentanyl. this action was taken at the request of the united states and such measures are producing results. seeno this change, dea has a decline in the presence of these chemicals in the drug market. in two weeks, the u.n. commission will address controls on five other synthetic opioids including the deadly opioid, car fentanyl. the state department is also building departments. these efforts allow for law anyrcement to more predict packages that may contain fentanyl. china is a growing area of focus. energized by president trump's visit to china last november, the united states and china have forged a relationship. as a result of our cooperation, china has established a mastic restrictions on the production and sale of 143 -- established dramatic restrictions on the production and sale of 143 substances. seeing ately, we are new trend of rogue chinese chemists who are manufacturing illicit opioids, selling them online to drug traffickers, and shipping them in small quantities. i secretary nielsen mentioned, the amount of fentanyl necessary fo