Sen. Roger Marshall asked CDC Director Rochelle Walensky why the government does not declare a public health emergency for the rising number of fentanyl deaths in the U.S.
You can now listen to Fox News articles!Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., questioned why the government is focusing so much on monkeypox and less on the number of fentanyl deaths caused by drugs coming across the southern border.Marshall turned to fentanyl, which he claimed was a far more serious problem.
"Probably two people, one or two people have died with monkeypox in the United States that I'm aware of. But every day, hundreds of Americans die from fentanyl poisoning. Why have you not declared this a public health emergency?" Marshall asked Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky.
Walensky responded that an emergency declaration would have to come from the Health and Human Services Secretary. Sec. Xavier Becerra declared such an emergency for monkeypox in early August. Marshall noted that Walensky could recommend that Becerra do the same for fentanyl.
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