The Invalid is obsessed 🤧
But then again, who isn’t 💅
of course these two are on the anti-q think tank
https://www.csis.org/programs/about-us/leadership-and-staff/board-trustees
bloomberg on the payrolll, white-listed from the censoring algos
SEC. 3219I. STUDY AND REPORT ON BILATERAL EFFORTS TO ADDRESS
CHINESE FENTANYL TRAFFICKING.
(a) Findings.–Congress finds the following:
(1) In January 2020, the DEA named China as the primary
source of United States-bound illicit fentanyl and synthetic
opioids.
(2) While in 2019 China instituted domestic controls on the
production and exportation of fentanyl, some of its variants,
and two precursors known as NPP and 4-ANPP, China has not yet
expanded its class scheduling to include many fentanyl
precursors such as 4-AP, which continue to be trafficked to
second countries in which they are used in the final
production of United States-bound fentanyl and other
synthetic opioids.
(3) The DEA currently maintains a presence in Beijing but
continues to seek Chinese approval to open offices in the
major shipping hubs of Guangzhou and Shanghai.
(b) Definitions.–In this section:
(1) Appropriate committees of congress.–The term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means–
(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representative; and
(D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
(2) China.–The term ``China'' means the People's Republic
of China.
(3) DEA.–The term ``DEA'' means the Drug Enforcement
Administration.
(4) Precursors.–The term ``precursors'' means chemicals
used in the illicit production of fentanyl and related
synthetic opioid variants.
(c) China's Class Scheduling of Fentanyl and Synthetic
Opioid Precursors.–Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and
Attorney General shall submit to the appropriate committees
of Congress a written report–
(1) detailing a description of United States Government
efforts to gain a commitment from the Chinese Government to
submit unregulated fentanyl precursors such as 4-AP to
controls; and
(2) a plan for future steps the United States Government
will take to urge China to combat illicit fentanyl production
and trafficking originating in China.
(d) Establishment of DEA Offices in China.–Not later than
180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State
and Attorney General shall provide to the appropriate
committees of Congress a classified briefing on–
(1) outreach and negotiations undertaken by the United
States Government with the Chinese Government aimed at
securing its approval for the establishment of DEA offices in
Shanghai and Guangzhou, China; and
(2) additional efforts to establish new partnerships with
provincial-level authorities to counter the illicit
trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, and their
precursors.
(e) Form of Report.–The report required under subsection
(c) shall be unclassified with a classified annex.
Border Security
Mr. President, now on one final matter, the latest data from Customs
and Border Protection show that the current fiscal year has seen the
highest number of migrant apprehensions since 2006. Let me say that
again. We are 8 months into fiscal year 2021, but the CBP has already
apprehended more migrants at our southern border than in any full year
since 2006.
It is hard to overstate the humanitarian and security crisis that has
unfolded this year. Monthly arrivals of unaccompanied minors reached
their highest levels on record. Higher border traffic concealed an
alarming rise of flows of deadly drugs like fentanyl. CBP recently
announced its apprehensions even included individuals who are on the
terrorist watch list.
The origins of this crisis are certainly not a mystery. The Democrats
who have spent the last few months in the White House focusing on what
to call it instead of how to fix it are the same Democrats who spent
last year sending potential migrants dangerous mixed signals from the
campaign trail: ``You want to flee. . . . you should come.'' That was
future President Biden. ``No . . . they should not be deported.'' That
was then-Senator Kamala Harris.
Sure enough, CBP officials are reporting that many migrants they
encounter believe that ``there has been a change in immigration laws .
. . a gap in enforcement on the U.S. border'' under the new
administration.
But if you ask now-Vice President Harris, the administration's point
person on the border, there is apparently blame to be found everywhere
but her own party's rhetoric on immigration, and there is value in
going just about anywhere but the border itself.
This week, the Vice President's investigation of the root causes of
migration brought her to Guatemala and Mexico. The administration's
delegation was apparently keen to talk about factors like corruption
and climate change, but the President of Guatemala had a different
agenda. As he put it, ``We asked the United States Government to send
more of a clear message.'' Sound familiar?
Of course, one place Vice President Harris did not stop on her trip
was the U.S.-Mexico border, and, bizarrely, when she even plans to do
that remains completely unclear. When asked about it in an interview
this week, the Vice President responded with a laugh: ``I don't
understand the point that you're making.''
For months, the Biden administration has assured the American people
that when it comes to our southern border, Vice President Harris has it
covered, and they are betting on it. The White House budget request
proposes no increase in funding for DHS, whose agents are working
overtime to contend with the crisis on the ground. Well, there are a
lot of folks on both sides of the border who are still waiting for the
point person to actually take charge.
CBP recently announced its apprehensions even included individuals who are on the terrorist watch list.