being very polite and trying to deal with some consensus. that being said, i do think that the fentanyl issue which got a lot of deserved attention is one that i think is going to be weaponized. i mean, it is great if the congress is going to try and figure out additional tools that can be used to protect americans, but i think that will be something that is viewed as a problem with porous borders because you don t just have illegal aliens coming in, republicans will say, but you also have this drug that is problem that the dea is doing a ton to try and combat. but more can be done because it s not working to protect everybody. the sec thing i thought was interesting was that the attorney general did take a very sort of polite swipe at his
conversations between this administration and mexico, especially as they try to get mexico to agree to take back more migrants that the u.s. is pushing back into mexico, both under title 42, which we have discussed a lot, jose, and under the new asylum policy set to launch when title 42 expires. to hear garland call out mexico and say they re not getting enough, especially on the fentanyl issue, it is really pretty strong rhetoric, especially coming from someone like garland, who doesn t go that far very often. indeed it was. i was surprised by just how clear he was on that answer. carol, what questions are you hoping garland will answer today? well, i think it is interesting too hear what the attorney general has to say about his reasoning for appointing a special counsel and two incredibly highly charged and sensitive probes, mar-a-lago and the effort by the role of former president trump and his allies in trying to block the peaceful transfer of power. what we have been focused
states deal with red flag laws so that people who have been subject to a court order barring them from obtaining a gun, we would be able to get those kind of systems provided, and we ve already given out grants in both of those areas. senator graham basically challenged me, and i accept the challenge to show as much concern about the gun deaths, show as much concern about fentanyl deaths in this country, and i want to do that. he noted, i believe, correct me if i m wrong, that the number one cause of death people 18 to 45 is drug overdose. i don t know if it s fentanyl specifically, but a drug overdose, and i know that reality. but the number one cause of death to children under the age of 18 is gun violence in america, too. we can do both. we must do both. so let s address the fentanyl issue for a minute. we had a hearing in this committee two or three weeks ago, which talked about the social media platforms and what they were peddling to americans, particularly to our children acro
violence intervention and for helping states deal with red flag laws so that people who have been subject to a court order barring them from obtaining a gun we would be able to get those kind of systems provided and we ve already given out grants in both of those areas. senator graham basically challenged me, and i accept the challenge to show as much concern about the gun deaths and show as much concern about fentanyl deaths in this country, and i want to do that. he noted, i believe, and correct me if i m wrong that the number one cause of death, people 18 to 45 is drug overdose. i don t know if it s fentanyl specifically, but drug overdose, and i know that reality, but the number one cause of death to children under the age of 18 is gun violence in america, too. we can do both. we must do both. let s address the fentanyl issue. we had a hearing in this committee two or three weeks ago
performance on national security opioid epidemic, immigration and you see the upside down numbers there the issue at the border and fentanyl seems to be grabbing a lot more people, jeff. you know, we were talking earlier about some of the issues that will be big in the campaign, china being one of them. these will clearly be big ones as well. we know president trump will talk about, former president trump will talk about immigration and the border. fentanyl is an issue that both sides are talking about. but, if the polling is right and suggests that the public associates a stronger response to the fentanyl crisis with republicans. that will absolutely hurt the dems. i link the fentanyl issue with immigration. before it was illegal immigration people didn t like that. it wasn t that big an issue. now, if you conduct the two, the failure to seal the border, to have a tight border becomes a double whammy for the administration and for this