Sen. Johnson releases statement on the HALT Act designed to address fentanyl crisis

March 7, 2017

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) released the following statement after voting for cloture on the motion to concur for the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl (HALT) Act.

“The HALT Fentanyl Act incorporates the permanent scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, which I first introduced in 2017 in the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act (SOFA). SOFA served as the template for the Trump administration’s temporary scheduling rule in 2018, and it recognizes the admirable devotion of Wisconsinites Dr. Tim Westlake and Lauri Badura. Ms. Badura, who founded Saving Others for Archie, made it her life’s mission to end the fentanyl crisis after tragically losing her son, Archie, to fentanyl poisoning. I am pleased that senators overwhelmingly voted to begin debate on this bill on the Senate floor, and I hope it passes with the same level of support,” said Senator Johnson. 

The full text of the legislation can be found here.