As both U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat, and Eric Hovde, a Republican, advance to the fall election in November, the
A bag of 4-fluoro isobutyryl fentanyl that was seized in a drug raid is displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Va., on Aug. 9, 2016. two aren’t pulling punches when it comes to criticisms.
Hovde went on to say that Baldwin was merely one in a long list of co-sponsors on a recent fentanyl bill that was introduced by a Republican lawmaker. Earlier this year, she supported the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, which aims to stop the flow of the drugs into the country by choking off the income source of those who traffic it,Asked about its claim, Hovde’s campaign noted Baldwin was not a writer of the bill, but instead was one of many co-sponsors.Eric Hovde “wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and kick millions off their health insurance.”
But Baldwin voted for a bipartisan border security deal that"would have authorized billions in funding for border security, including tools to help detect and stop the flow of fentanyl into the United States," according to a document outlining the senator’s work on fentanyl from her campaign press secretary, Jackie Rosa.
“We’re facing situations these days where you have to have two officers in the evidence room in case there’s an accidental exposure.”
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