

Key excerpts from Kennedy’s speech are below: The end of Title 42 is expected to result in surges of illegal immigration at the southern border, which drug cartels exploit to bring more fentanyl into Louisiana communities. Today is National Fentanyl Awareness Day. Senate Democrats blocked Kennedy’s bill just days ahead of President Joe Biden’s ending Title 42.

Kennedy’s bill would lower the threshold required for minimum sentencing in light of the drug’s potency relative to other substances. John Kennedy (R-La.) today attempted to pass his Fairness in Fentanyl Sentencing Act to crack down on fentanyl trafficking and protect American communities.
