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Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act

Floor Speech

Date: Feb. 6, 2025
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. EVANS of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the HALT Fentanyl Act.

This critical bill would enable law enforcement to get dangerous drug traffickers off of our streets by permanently and responsibly classifying fentanyl analogues as schedule I narcotics.

Last year, DEA's Rocky Mountain Division seized a record 2.7 million fentanyl pills, enough to kill everyone in my district 1\1/2\ times, or 1.3 million people. We must do more to stop this drug from infiltrating our communities, and that starts with empowering law enforcement.

As a Colorado cop for 10 years, I witnessed firsthand how not supporting law enforcement enables traffickers and the flow of fentanyl into our communities.

This bill, of which I am a proud original cosponsor, gives cops the tools that they need to bring traffickers of this poison to justice.

Since 2020, illegal drugs like fentanyl have claimed over 7,000 lives in Colorado, twice the death toll of September 11.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

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