{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-miller-colleagues-introduce-build-wall-and-fight-fentanyl-act", "Rep. Miller, Colleagues Introduce the Build the Wall and Fight Fentanyl Act", "2023-08-01", "2023", "2023-08", "Republican", "House", "WV", "Carol D. Miller", "M001205", "miller.house.gov", "miller", "https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined Congressman Randy Feenstra (R-IA) in introducing the Build the Wall and Fight Fentanyl Act. This legislation would equally dedicate assets confiscated from drug traffickers or other transnational criminal organizations by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to two separate funds to build the border wall and fight the fentanyl crisis impacting rural communities.\n\nThe two funds \u2013 which would be housed at the U.S. Department of the Treasury \u2013 are the \u201cSouthern Border Wall Fulfillment Fund\u201d and the \u201cCombating The Fentanyl Epidemic Fund.\u201d\n\nAny assets seized from the drug cartels include the proceeds from said assets upon their sale at auction.\n\n\u201cThe open southern border has brought a flood of drugs and crime that has taken too many American lives,\u201d said Congresswoman Miller. \u201cI am honored to cosponsor Congressman Feenstra\u2019s Build the Wall and Fight Fentanyl Act which will ensure federal resources are allocated to build the border wall and halt the fentanyl crisis in the United States. It is long past time to secure the southern border.\u201d\n\n\u201cCriminal drug traffickers have smuggled enough fentanyl into our country to kill every man, woman, and child in the United States, and tragically, too many families know the pain of losing a loved one to this deadly crisis,\u201d said Congressman Feenstra. \u201cAs a father of four, I\u2019m proud to introduce the Build the Wall and Fight Fentanyl Act, which will fund two separate priorities \u2013 building the border wall and supporting fentanyl treatment and recovery services \u2013 with assets confiscated from the drug cartels by our brave border patrol agents. While President Biden has failed to uphold his oath of office and secure our border, I remain committed to delivering real solutions to the border crisis by beating the drug traffickers at their own game and using their illegal financial gains to finish the border wall and support our families.\u201d\n\nClick here to read the bill.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:30:18Z"]], "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://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-miller-colleagues-introduce-build-wall-and-fight-fentanyl-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.303971279412508, "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"}