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Subcommittee flags fentanyl, human-trafficking and drone security threats; plans bill concepts for foreign influence and drone risk
Summary
Representative Brock reported that subcommittee hearings covered border and customs vulnerabilities, fentanyl trafficking and pill-press use, human- and labor-trafficking patterns in Michigan, and cybersecurity concerns about drones manufactured overseas with alleged backdoors; the subcommittee is vetting policy concepts.
Representative Brock, chair of the Homeland Security and Foreign Influence subcommittee, told the Oversight Committee that his panel has held multiple hearings on border security, drug trafficking (notably fentanyl and pill presses), human trafficking (including labor trafficking), and drone and cyber vulnerabilities.
Brock said witnesses including sheriffs and public-health officials described an increase in…
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