The task force will play a central role in shaping House Republicans’ strategy to dismantle the violent Mexican drug cartels and the transnational criminal networks threatening U.S. national security.

Congressmen Dan Crenshaw and Josh Harder have introduced H.R. 9258, a bill aiming to end counterfeit pill operations, one of the most nefarious aspects of the fentanyl epidemic.

Gov. Abbott signed four pieces of legislation today to combat the fentanyl crisis. The new laws will educate young Texans on the dangers of fentanyl, provide more NARCAN to colleges and universities, and make it possible to prosecute fentanyl deaths as murder…