October 2, 2018

Stopping the Poison Pills: Combatting the Trafficking of Illegal Fentanyl from China

The Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control hearing entitled: “Stopping the Poison Pills: Combatting the Trafficking of Illegal Fentanyl from China”, in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building is scheduled for Tuesday, October 2 at 10:00 a.m.

Opening Statements

CHAIRMAN (R - IA)

Chuck Grassley

Sen. Grassley’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery.

CO-CHAIR (D - CA)

Dianne Feinstein

Sen. Feinstein’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery.

Witnesses

Daniel Burke

Senior Operations Manager, Cybercrime Investigations Unit (OCI), U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Paul E. Knierim

Deputy Chief of Operations, Office of Global Enforcement, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. Department of Justice

Matthew Allen

Assistant Director of Operations, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Kirsten D. Madison

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of international Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), U.S. Department of State

Panel II

Derek Scissors

Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

Dr. Michael Frunzi

Product Manager of Optical Products, Smith Detection

Matthew Nice

Manager, International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)