Walden, Collins Applaud Extension of Fentanyl Analogues Ban
01.29.2020
WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Judiciary Committee Republican Leader Doug Collins (R-GA) applauded House passage of S. 3201, the temporary extension on the fentanyl analogues ban.
For weeks, Walden and Collins have pushed Democratic leadership to pass this extension after Democrats objected to its inclusion in the spending bill. Without this extension, the ban on fentanyl analogues would expire on February 6, making these drugs essentially street legal.
“There is no question that fentanyl poses an absolutely deadly threat to American lives, yet...