Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) is sounding the alarm on two critical fronts that demand immediate congressional action: updating America's emergency economic powers and confronting the ongoing fentanyl crisis pouring across our Mexican border.
Speaking on Bloomberg's "Balance of Power" Friday, the Indiana Republican didn't mince words about the deadly reality facing American communities. "The fentanyl manufacturing that is on the Mexican side of our border is still a very big problem," Stutzman declared, highlighting a crisis that has claimed hundreds of thousands of American lives.
But Stutzman's message went beyond just identifying the problem. The congressman emphasized that Congress needs to modernize the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to give President Trump the tools he needs to combat threats like the fentanyl epidemic effectively.
Why This Matters for Every American Family
While the Biden regime spent four years ignoring the border crisis and allowing cartels to pump poison into American communities, the Trump administration is taking a completely different approach. But our lawmakers need to ensure Trump has every legal weapon at his disposal.
The IEEPA, originally passed in 1977, grants the president broad authority to regulate commerce and freeze assets during national emergencies. However, nearly five decades later, this critical statute needs updates to address modern threats like narco-terrorism and cartel operations that didn't exist when the law was written.
"We're fighting 21st-century threats with 20th-century tools," one congressional aide told Next News Network. "It's time to modernize our approach."
Stutzman's call comes as the Trump administration ramps up its America First agenda, including mass deportations and border security measures that Democrats fought tooth and nail for four years.
The question patriots across the country are asking: How many more American families have to lose loved ones to cartel poison before Congress acts decisively? With Republicans controlling both chambers, there's no excuse for delay on either IEEPA reform or crushing the fentanyl pipeline once and for all.