House panel says China subsidizes fentanyl production to fuel crisis in the United States

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FILE - Then Attorney General William Barr appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 1, 2019. A congressional committee is accusing China of fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. A report released Tuesday by a House select committee says China is directly subsidizing the manufacturing of materials used by drug traffickers to make fentanyl outside the country. Barr says the committees report uncovered persuasive evidence that Chinas government is knee deep in sponsoring and facilitating the export of fentanyl precursors. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) WASHINGTON – China is fueling the fentanyl crisis in...