Washington, June 24 -- Congressman James R. Walkinshaw issued the following press release:
The House Homeland Security Committee today advanced the Measuring Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Representatives James Walkinshaw (VA-11) and Michael McCaul (TX-10) that would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish clear performance metrics for detecting, deterring, and seizing illicit fentanyl - and break down the information silos that have hampered a coordinated federal response.
"Fentanyl's devastating consequences know no partisan boundaries and respect no ideology," said Congressman Walkinshaw. "It is the number one killer of Americans between the ages of 18 and 45, and ever...