Fighting fentanyl, protecting Iowans

Fentanyl is killing more Americans than any other drug in history. Under Joe Biden, this deadly drug was flooding across our open border, poisoning our communities, and taking lives at record pace.

In 2023, more than 74,000 Americans died from synthetic opioid overdoses, many of them young, many of them unknowingly. In Iowa, overdose deaths involving fentanyl continue to rise, leaving heartbreak and devastation in their wake.

This crisis demands action, which is why I’ve made it my mission to fight back and protect Iowans.

Last week, President Trump signed the HALT Fentanyl Act into law, a bill I proudly helped introduce and champion in the House as an original cosponsor. This law gives law enforcement the authority they need to seize deadly fentanyl analogues and finally close the loopholes traffickers have been exploiting.

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But stopping fentanyl on the streets is only one piece of the puzzle, we have to stop it online too. That’s why I reintroduced the Cooper Davis and Devin Norring Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill to crack down on fentanyl sales on social media.

Too many young Americans have died after unknowingly purchasing counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl from platforms like Snapchat. This bill requires social media and communication platforms to report illicit fentanyl activity to law enforcement.

If a drug dealer is targeting kids online, platforms should not be turning a blind eye, they should be turning them in.

These bills are part of a broader mission to defeat this crisis. I was also proud to support President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, which included the strongest border security funding in American history, because we can’t stop fentanyl if we don’t stop it at the border. The bill funds border security agents, surveillance, fencing, and the tools needed to keep this poison out of our communities.

Every parent deserves to know their child will come home safe. Every American deserves protection from a crisis that was unleashed by a reckless open-border agenda.

As a physician, I’ve seen the toll of addiction. As your representative, I’m committed to stopping it.

We’re fighting back. We’re saving lives. And we’re just getting started.

This past Crypto Week, we passed three major bills to secure America’s digital future: the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, The Genius Act, and the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act.

These bills give clear rules, protect privacy, and help the U.S. outcompete the Chinese Communist Party in digital innovation.

Meeting Iowans

Great meeting with the Iowa and American Soybean Associations to talk about how the One Big Beautiful Bill delivers for farmers by providing permanent relief from the death tax, locking in the 199A deduction, and investing billions in conservation. Big wins for farmers, their land, and the next generation.

Great joining the Alliance of Specialty Medicine Conference to discuss Medicare payment reform, step therapy, and my DRUG Act to hold PBMs accountable and lower prescription drug costs.

It was great meeting with the Iowa FFA State Officer Team! We discussed how the permanent death tax relief in the One Big Beautiful Bill will help them protect their family farms, preserve their legacy, and lead the future of agriculture in Iowa and across the country.

Great meeting with the Iowa Farm Bureau to talk about the wins we delivered for farmers in the One Big Beautiful Bill, including permanent relief from the death tax and the permanent 199A deduction. We also discussed year-round E-15 and the Farm Bill.

I met with Angela Zaremba, CEO of the University of Iowa Health Network Rehabilitation Hospital to discuss inpatient rehab access and the importance of protecting care for Iowans recovering from serious illness or injury.

Nice meeting with the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives to discuss year-round E-15 and the major wins we’ve delivered for farmers in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, including full immediate expensing, permanent relief from the death tax, and the 199A small business deduction.

Always great to meet with members of the American Physical Therapy Association, including my constituents Michael from Bettendorf and Kerri from Eldridge. We discussed Medicare payment reform, cutting burdensome regulations, and protecting access to physical therapy for patients across Iowa.