Introduced the Protect Law Enforcement Task Forces Act to restore the Department of Justice's shuttered Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program to combat fentanyl trafficking.
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Derived from a tracked promise: “Introduced the Protect Law Enforcement Task Forces Act to restore the Department of Justice's shuttered Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Tas…”
Sources
- Office of U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (senate.gov)https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-blumenthal-introduce-bicameral-bill-to-restore-trump-shuttered-doj-transnational-crime-unit-to-crack-down-on-fentanyl/ ↗
“The Trump Department of Justice's decision to shutter this successful crime-fighting program was a gift to cartels and fentanyl traffickers.”