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Why Is Fentanyl So Dangerous?

As a former congressman who represented the single largest Southern border district, and a former overseas CIA officer, I’ve been dealing with threats to Americans’ security and well-being for my entire adult life. We are faced today with an alarming rise in fentanyl abuse that is devastating the lives of over 107,000 American families a year because of drug overdose deaths. This is more than two times the number of deaths from gun violence. 66% of these deaths involve synthetic opioids – primarily fentanyl. Fentanyl isn’t just a problem in border states – it’s a problem from California to Maine.

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Husband. Businessman. Congressman. Intelligence Officer.

The son of a black salesman and white seamstress, in his 20s he served overseas in the CIA in dangerous places. In his 30s, he helped build a cybersecurity business and served 3 terms in Congress. In his 40s, he is now in business helping companies ensure America keeps its edge in technology.

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I don’t care who you are or where you live. You want to be able to put food on your table, a roof over your family and to ensure the people you love are healthy and happy.
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The technological change we are going to see in the next 30 years is going to make the change we saw in the last 30 years look insignificant.
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We have income inequality because we have education inequality. We have to prepare our kids for jobs that don’t exist today.
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American economic and military dominance is no longer guaranteed. Prosperity is a product of empowering people not the Government.
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America has become an exceptional nation not because of what we have taken but what we have given.
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There has been and continues to be a lack of leadership in Washington, D.C. Leaders should inspire not fearmonger.
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“America has become an exceptional nation not because of what we have taken but because of what we have given.”

Rational Takes from a Common-Sense Republican

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