WASHINGTON – As the House of Representatives continues to negotiate appropriations funding for the upcoming fiscal year, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) led his colleagues, Congressmen Ryan Zinke (MT-01), Rick Larsen (WA-02), and Pete Stauber (MN-08), in calling on House leadership to advance a supplemental appropriations package that expands fentanyl interdiction capacity and improves border security across the country, including along our northern border.

The Swanton Sector, which includes New Hampshire’s northern border, saw an 846 percent increase in apprehensions from October 2022 through January 2023. Pappas and his colleagues advocated for increased funding flexibility to improve capacity across all border sectors, bolster interdiction capabilities nationwide, and head off future weak points in our national drug interdiction efforts.

“As you consider supplemental appropriations, we urge you to advance a package that expands fentanyl interdiction capacity and improves border security across the country, including along our northern border,” wrote the lawmakers.

They continued on to say, “While we strongly support emergency funding to address the fentanyl trafficking along the southwest border, we believe Congress should provide necessary flexibility and allow these funds to be used at all our nation’s borders, not just the southwest border… By providing increased funding flexibility, we can invest in the areas of greatest need and strengthen our capabilities across all border sectors, building greater interdiction capabilities nationwide and helping head off future weak points in our drug interdiction efforts.”

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