Congressman John Faso (R-Kinderhook) released a press release Feb. 7, saying he assumed primary sponsorship of H.R. 1057, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017. That proposed law is designed to stop synthetic drugs like fentanyl from being shipped into the United States. Faso claims that the U.S. Postal Service is not thoroughly tracking synthetic drugs from other countries. The bill has 252 cosponsors from both political parties. “Synthetic drugs like fentanyl and carfentanil are hundreds of times more potent than heroin, which itself has been a catalyst of this epidemic. A large portion of these dangerous synthetic drugs come into the country across our borders through mail packages. We should be doing all we can to stem this flow of drugs," Faso was quoted in a press release. In other news about the legislator, Faso last week backed the release of a controversial memo that may have revealed top secret intelligence information, and that President Donald Trump claimed cleared him in the Russian investigation. “Rep. Faso read the memo and is disturbed by its contents and thinks it should be released to the public,” said his spokesperson, Joe Gierut, last week. “The Democratic memo should also be available to members of Congress and he intends to read it upon his return to Washington.”