Washington, July 13 -- Congressman James R. Walkinshaw issued the following press release:
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8535, the bipartisan Measuring Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Act, marking Congressman James Walkinshaw's (VA-11) first bill to pass the House. The legislation strengthens the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) efforts to stop illicit fentanyl before it reaches American communities by improving coordination, data-sharing, and accountability across the agency.
Introduced with Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10), the bill requires DHS to set clear performance metrics, improve data-sharing across DHS components, and better measure whether federal efforts to detect, deter, and seize illicit fentanyl...