00:00And this is not an auto pen, right?
00:13That's for sure.
00:15Thank you very much.
00:21In this position today, we strike a righteous blow to the drug dealers, narcotic traffickers,
00:29and criminal cartels that we've all been hearing so much about for so many years.
00:34And very little has been done.
00:36And we take a historic step toward justice for every family touched by the fentanyl scourge
00:43as we sign the Halt Fentanyl Act into Law.
00:48Good job.
00:50With this bill, we are officially and permanently classifying all fentanyl-related substances
00:55as Schedule I narcotics, which is actually a very big deal.
01:00It doesn't sound like much.
01:02It's a big deal, as they will tell you.
01:05Meaning anyone caught trafficking these illicit poisons will be punished with a mandatory
01:1010-year minimum sentence in prison.
01:15We'll be getting the drug dealers, pushers, and peddlers off our street.
01:19And we will not rest until we have ended the drug overdose epidemic.
01:24For years, the monsters who manufacture illicit fentanyl have sought to skirt legal restrictions
01:31by making minor variations of the chemical compound.
01:34And in the process, they've developed even more toxic versions of the drug.
01:39One common variant known as carfentanyl is a very, it's becoming more and more common.
01:47It's 100 times more potent than the original version of fentanyl.
01:54Can you imagine? Look at what you have to say.
01:56And more and more dangerous.
01:57And as you know, and I have a very good relationship with President Xi of China,
02:02but I imposed a 20% tariff on China because of the fentanyl, and I call it a penalty.
02:09It's a penalty because China delivers much of the fentanyl.
02:13Some people would say, oh, we have a 20%.
02:15So they pay billions of dollars in, billions of dollars in damages for what they've done.
02:22And I think we're going to work it out so that China is going to end up going from that
02:26to giving the death penalty to the people that create this fentanyl and send it into our country for the death penalty.
02:35The death penalty is going to be imposed on people from China that make fentanyl and send it into our country.
02:42I believe that's going to happen soon.
02:44But as of today, all fentanyl related substances will be banned forever.
02:48And those who traffic in these deadly poisons will be put behind bars for a very long period of time.
03:05We'll see you next time.
03:06Bye.
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