{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://auchincloss.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-auchincloss-newhouse-moolenaar-and-khanna-reintroduce-bipartisan-legislation-targeting-chinas-role-in-us-fentanyl-crisis", "Reps. Auchincloss, Newhouse, Moolenaar, and Khanna Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation Targeting China\u2019s Role in U.S. Fentanyl Crisis", "2026-08-24", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Jake Auchincloss", "A000148", "auchincloss.house.gov", "auchincloss", "https://auchincloss.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\nContact: Georgina.Burros@mail.house.gov (Auchincloss)\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 Today, Representatives Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA), alongside House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Ro Khanna (D-CA), reintroduced the CCP Fentanyl Sanctions Act to hold the Chinese Community Party responsible for its role in the U.S. fentanyl crisis.\n\nAfter its establishment in 2024, the House Select Committee on China\u2019s Fentanyl Policy Working Group uncovered for the first time how the CCP directly subsidizes fentanyl precursors and analogues entering North America.\n\nThe CCP Fentanyl Sanctions Act strengthens sanctions on China-based and CCP-backed entities engaged in drug trafficking, by targeting the Chinese chemical manufacturers and online vendors that are profiting by poisoning the American people.\n\nAs Co-Chairman of the Policy Working Group (PWG) last Congress, Auchincloss and his colleagues focused on combating the CCP\u2019s role in the fentanyl epidemic with legislation to curtail the threat via sanctions, trade and customs enforcement, and regulatory and enforcement measures.\n\nThe CCP Fentanyl Sanctions Act will address fentanyl exports from China by:\n\nTargeting the \u201cAchilles\u2019 heel\u201d of fentanyl and related synthetic narcotics producers\u2014their exposure to the U.S. banking system courtesy of their licit activity;\n\nCodifying important new authorities to address this threat while working to target those responsible for the epidemic;\n\nCodifying and building on Executive Order 14059, which established critical new sanctions authorities against actors involved in fentanyl trafficking;\n\nExpanding existing sanctions authorities to target PRC vessels or ports that knowingly or recklessly facilitate shipment/transportation of illicit synthetic narcotics, as well as PRC online marketplaces and other entities that knowingly or recklessly facilitate sale of illicit synthetic narcotics;\n\nProviding authority to restrict foreign financial institution correspondent accounts and payable-through accounts if the President determines the account has knowingly facilitated transactions on behalf of individuals engaging in synthetic narcotics trafficking.\n\n\u201cThousands of families in Massachusetts have been scarred by fentanyl,\u201d said Rep. Auchincloss. \u201cChinese chemical manufacturers that are exporting this addictive poison to American shores should bear the full force of U.S. sanctions and anti-money-laundering measures.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party must be held accountable for helping manufacture the fentanyl crisis,\u201d said Rep. Newhouse. \u201cFor too long, they have subsidized and exported illicit narcotics, and Congress must take aggressive action to counter this epidemic that\u2019s ruining American lives and families. This bipartisan legislation is a strong step in the right direction, as it targets CCP-backed entities, like Chinese chemical companies, who continue wreaking havoc on our communities.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party has long had a role in facilitating the fentanyl crisis that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans,\u201d said Chairman Moolenaar. \u201cThe Select Committee\u2019s groundbreaking report in 2024 showed how the CCP subsidized the production of fentanyl precursors sold to the Mexican cartels. The bipartisan legislation we are introducing today targets the entities and individuals who participated in this deadly and illicit practice. It is a crucial step toward holding them accountable for the pain they have caused American families.\u201d\n\n\u201cFentanyl has devastated communities across America,\u201d said Ranking Member Khanna. \u201cI\u2019m proud to join Rep. Auchincloss\u2019s bipartisan effort to hold the networks responsible accountable. We must stop the flow of fentanyl and illicit precursors into our country and protect American families.\u201d", 1, "2026-08-25T05:31:37Z", "2026-08-25T05:33:09Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://auchincloss.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-auchincloss-newhouse-moolenaar-and-khanna-reintroduce-bipartisan-legislation-targeting-chinas-role-in-us-fentanyl-crisis"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4522019773721695, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}