I guess the Democrats too.

>> According to the DEA, the federal Drug Enforcement Agency.

China is the primary source of fentanyl that is tracking into the U.S..

The powerful opioid is the leading cause of overdose deaths both in the country and in Kentucky today, my colleague, Kentucky additions, Laura Rogers caught up with us Congressman James Comer of Kentucky's first congressional district.

He says President Donald Trump's tariff policies could force China to crack down on drives.

>> Well, I've had a private conversation with the president I'm not a big fan of tariffs.

However, we've been put in a bad situation in the United States.

We have a huge trade deficit and the United States.

Now there are some industries that are winners and trade.

Agriculture is a winner.

We have a trade surplus and agriculture.

We export more than we imported everybody.

That's probably the only industry that that can say that in America.

When you talk automotive manufacturing, when you talk about pharmaceuticals, when you're talking about semiconductors and things we need and technology we we we don't like hardly any of that in the state.

So.

What the president trying to do is is multifaceted the morning.

We'll to have a level playing field.

He wants to make sure that other countries are charging U.S. tariffs.

And we're not charging the church.

We want a level playing field.

Other countries don't abide by the same labor laws.

That same environmental laws as we do, which put our manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage.

Other countries like trying to manipulate their currency, which gives him an unfair trade advantage of what he's trying to do is fix all that.

And then on top of that, you do and what we're here right now talking about drugs.

He's trying to make it harder for China because China, it produces the fentanyl.

They produced the footnote and they ship it to Mexico in in cargo ship.

China could cut down on that.

They know Brett Godfrey talked about this in his in his pocket.

Trout has gotten his country place filed people.

They know what what's being made in every building in their country.

They know where the fentanyl is coming from yet.

They continue to allow it to come into our and our country.

That's unacceptable.

They need to be held accountable for Mexico.

Could do a better job with their military, combatting the Mexican drug cartel.

So so part of the reason being and the rationale behind the tariffs on Mexico and China have to do with drugs in addition to unfair trade practices.

So nobody locks this tariff situation.

I don't like looking at the stock market go down every day.

I don't like my CEOs telling me, you know, we're not you know, we're going to start laying people off because the turkey, but at the same time.

We kick the can down the road for for too many years on allowing the United States too outsource everything?

Well, I think it it kind of can make.

Mackey didn't choose cheaper than week.

And that's a good deal for the American people.

However, I do work China making anything related to pharmaceuticals or or food.

Is that an issue of our