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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today joined local law enforcement officials to announce his support for bipartisan legislation that would help cutoff the flow of illicit fentanyl from China, Mexico, and other countries into Central New York and across the United States. With fentanyl increasingly making its way onto the streets of Cortland and the rest of Central New York, Schumer launched a major effort to both push the International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology Act, also known as the INTERDICT Act, and provide additional resources to confront the epidemic. The legislation, introduced by Senator Markey (MA), would give U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) the hi-tech tools and resources needed to improve detection capabilities and increase the seizure of illicit fentanyl shipped to the U.S. from abroad through mail and express consignment carriers. Schumer said he would work with his colleagues to take action on this issue that is destroying families in New York and the rest of the country.