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you madam chair Madam administrator the two cartels that are sending fentanyl into the United States are located in Mexico aren't they yes sir and isn't it the fact that we could stop those cartels and their tracks if president Lopez oberdoor would invite American Military and or law enforcement Personnel to come into Mexico and work with his military and law enforcement personnel Senator what I would say from my purview as the head of the DEA but it's my is my statement true or not what I would say is that we're focused on the two cartels Who We Believe are doing exactly what you say they are responsible for the fentanyl company let me ask you again if if president Lopez overdoor invited the American Military and or American law enforcement officials to come into Mexico to work with the same in Mexico we could stop the cartels could we not Senator I believe this is this is a whole of government effort and has to be including whether it's the military US FBI administrator unless I've listened to you here for almost an hour telling us how bad fentanyl is thank you for that but we know yes sir I'm gonna ask you a third time if president Lopez overdoor invited American the American Military and or law enforcement Personnel to come into Mexico and work with the same in Mexico we could stop the cartels isn't that a fact so Senator I can speak to the law enforcement side of this and you just mentioned law enforcement I believe that this is vital for both Mexico and the United States Mexicans are are dying as well as we as we showed in the chapito well then why don't we stop them let me ask you a fourth time would it help if president Lopez obrador I don't think it's a complicated question Madam administrator you're asking us for more money every year more money and it gets worse worse and worse you know in in the real world the nitty-gritty of the real world when you fail you get fired in government when you fail you get more money because obviously you need it now let me ask you a fourth time if president Lopez overdoor and I'd appreciate an answer if president Lopez obrador invited the American Military and or law enforcement Personnel to come into Mexico and work with his we could stop the cartels couldn't we I believe Senator that we can stop the cartels okay have you made that suggestion to President Biden if I could I believe that we can stop the cartels by have you made that suggestion to President Biden Senator I have been very vocal in the whole of government setting on the importance of Fentanyl and all of us using every single effort and Authority that we why hasn't President Biden done it I mean this is the way the American people whose sons and daughters are dying look at it our economy is 23 trillion dollars Mexico's economy is 1.3 trillion dollars ours is 18 times bigger we buy 400 billion dollars every year from Mexico without the people of America Mexico figuratively speaking would be eating cat food out of a can and living in a tent behind an Outback so why don't you and the president embarrassing no one get on the phone and call President Lopez obrador and make him a deal he can't refuse to allow our military and our law enforcement officials to go into Mexico and work with his to stop the cartels why don't you do that Senator what I am doing every single day is working with the incredible men and women of DEA who are risking their lives across 334 offices and I appreciate that but you're not do you're not doing what would work why won't you do what will work Senator we are why don't you call the president this afternoon and say Mr President must call must call President Lopez obrador privately and make him a deal he can't refuse because we both know that President Lopez obrador has neither the the the ability nor the will to stop the cartels but yet we go along and pretend that they're our friends and Mexico is our friend but he has criminal organizations that are killing our people and you know how to stop it and the president does and you're not doing it Senator we are working every day to stop it but you're not doing what would stop it we are transforming and we are working in countless ways across the globe to do what needs to be done for the American people and there is nothing you know when it's important to you you make it happen when it's not important to you you make an excuse

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Published: Wed May 10 2023