From Washington: Congress Aims To Tackle The Fentanyl Crisis In Bipartisan Effort

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🗓️ 5 March 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

With the fentanyl crisis and the war on Ukraine taking center stage on Capitol Hill, legislators take a united front with new efforts to address Chinese foreign policy. FOX News Congressional Correspondent Aishah Hasnie shares her reporting on the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings underway regarding the war on drugs, as well as the bipartisan initiative to tackle China’s involvement in the war on Ukraine. She later details the paradigm shift in lawmakers’ attitudes toward foreign policy and describes a new bipartisan push in Congress to address these pressing issues. The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to advance a bill that would give President Biden the authority to ban the social media app Tik Tok in the United States. This decision falls at the heels of new insight from the Department of Energy regarding the origins of COVID-19 and increasing concerns about China's efforts to invade Taiwan. FOX Business Correspondent Grady Trimble reveals congressional perspectives on these developing Chinese foreign policy issues and discusses how Democrats and Republicans are beginning to join forces in navigating a path forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sunday, March 5, 2023, I'm Chad Pergram.
0:07.0	Senate Judiciary Committee hearings are underway regarding fentanyl at the U.S.-Mexico
0:11.0	border.
0:12.0	An opportunity presents itself for Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike to work across
0:16.5	the aisle to address China's potential involvement in the Russian-led war on Ukraine.
0:21.6	I think one thing we saw in the hearing that was a big takeaway for me was how both sides
0:27.5	really came down on China.
0:29.4	I'm Jessica Rosenthal, as tensions escalate lawmakers and the White House are taking
0:34.1	certain steps against the Chinese Communist Party.
0:37.4	Republicans and Democrats see eye-to-eye on some threats, but not on all.
0:41.4	The Democrats who voted against it said that proposal was too broad.
0:45.7	They had concerns about free speech limitations that it could cause.
0:51.0	And so that's why you only saw Republicans voting for it to move past committee.
0:56.9	This is the Fox News rundown from Washington.
1:03.9	Well, I'm joined now by my colleague, Isha Hosni.
1:12.0	I report usually on the house side of the U.S. Capitol.
1:15.3	I should now cover both the House and Senate, but I usually report mostly on my live shots
1:19.9	on the House side of Capitol Hill.
1:21.4	Isha joins us from the Senate side of Capitol Hill.
1:24.8	And Isha, you've been focusing the past few days here on fentanyl and the border.
1:29.6	Tell us about those hearings.
1:31.6	That's right.
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