Discussion · House of Representatives
Brett Guthrie Republican
“I want the House to pass this bill. Drug traffickers use pill presses to make fake pills filled with fentanyl and meth. Last year, federal agents seized more than 47 million of these fake fentanyl pills. This bill helps the government crack down on the machines used to make them.”
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 8005, the Stop Pills That Kill Act, that my good friend from Colorado (Mr. Evans) has brought forward. The threat posed by illicit pill presses has risen as drug traffickers continue to press fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other illicit drugs into drug pills. In 2025 alone, DEA seized over 47 million fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills. This bill makes important regulatory changes to strengthen DEA’s ability to stop bad actors from misusing pill presses, tableting, and encapsulating machines and their critical components to illicitly manufacture controlled substances to poison our communities. This bill will make our streets safer. I applaud the tireless efforts of my friend from Colorado to protect Americans from these threats. Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.”
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 8005, the Stop Pills That Kill Act, that my good friend from Colorado (Mr. Evans) has brought forward. The threat posed by illicit pill presses has risen as drug traffickers continue to press fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other illicit drugs into drug pills. In 2025 alone, DEA seized over 47 million fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills. This bill makes important regulatory changes to strengthen DEA’s ability to stop bad actors from misusing pill presses, tableting, and encapsulating machines and their critical components to illicitly manufacture controlled substances to poison our communities. This bill will make our streets safer. I applaud the tireless efforts of my friend from Colorado to protect Americans from these threats. Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.