Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) introduced a bipartisan bill on March 11 to establish a federal joint task force focused on combating the flow of fentanyl into the United States.
The bill, cosponsored by several bipartisan House representatives and paired with a companion bill introduced in the Senate by Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), aims to streamline interagency collaboration.
Newhouse stated that the task force will “pool resources” across the federal government to respond to fentanyl trafficking with sanctions and joint raids.
It will focus on both international and domestic efforts to dismantle drug trafficking networks, including developing strategies to address China’s involvement in the fentanyl crisis, according to his statement….