Opening Remarks by Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo Before the Senate Caucus 
Opening Remarks by Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo Before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control
美国国务院
发言人办公室
华盛顿特区
2019年年6月11日
国务卿迈克尔·R·蓬佩奥（Michael R. Pompeo）在参议院国际麻醉品管制核心小组（Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control）会上的开场陈述
非常好。谢谢。谢谢你，科宁（Cornyn）参议员。谢谢你，范斯坦（Feinstein）参议员。感谢有机会来到这里。我非常高兴来到这里。这是一个重要问题。当人们谈到国务院时，通常这不会是首先想到的问题，但是要知道，在我们这个机构里它确实是一项重点。这也是我对今天应邀来到这里感到高兴的原因。
我将非常简洁，因为我希望今天有一个良好的对话。但是你们都应知道，像你们许多人一样，我个人也关心这件事。我认识许多人受到这一系列问题的影响。就在上个月，在10小时之内，有七个堪萨斯人（Kansan）因一次超量嗑用掺有芬太尼的可卡因而死亡。这是一个严重问题。我们谈论这些大数字，但是我们都熟悉那些受它影响的人和因它而破碎的家庭。
国务院可以对此发挥作用。许多美国政府机构都能发挥作用。大多数在美国贩卖的阿片是在海外制造和偷运进来的。这正是我们的人才与技能以及团队发挥作用的地方。我们有明确的角色。
我想用一点点时间谈谈我们正在数个方面进行的工作。我知道我们将会对各方面有进一步探讨。
首先，我们确实对中国集中精力，这是因为自从过去——本届行政当局的过去两年半里芬太尼增加。它常常是通过网购，直接邮递到使用者和贩卖者手中，也有些经常是从墨西哥输送。
不仅国务院，司法部和我们的跨机构伙伴都在密切与中国一道努力——我与他们有过多次对话。5月1日，中国履行了对特朗普（Trump）总统的承诺，列管所有芬太尼类的药物——有可能达数千种药物——并针对每一种制定执法方案。
我们需要密切与他们一道努力，基于这些令人鼓舞的迹象继续跟进。需要规定新的刑事惩罚措施。我相信他们会那样做。我相信这将关闭中国国内的制造点，在美国挽救性命。
在拉丁美洲，这个问题的性质略有不同。墨西哥依然是甲基苯丙胺和海洛因的重要产地，也是可卡因、芬太尼以及其他毒品的中转国。就在上星期，作为我们有关移民对话的一部分，我们深入交谈了我们能如何更加密切地共同努力。我们签署的联合声明主要涉及移民，但大量对话针对的是你所提到的，科宁参议员，即走私者想要偷运任何会带来市场价格的产品，这让他们有动机去继续做损毁了美国如此多人命的事。
我们将——我们将通过在美国政府所有各方面作出努力，打垮这些犯罪组织。我们向墨西哥执法、安全部队捐赠了设备；我们为他们提供根除罂粟和拦截毒品的警员培训；我们向他们提供了嗅犬。然而，诚如你们从今天的数据所见，许多挑战仍然存在。
稍微说一下西半球其他地方。我与杜克（Duque）总统在多个场合会面。他每次都继续作出承诺，坚决支持制止毒品走私并减少古柯种植地。还有许多工作要做。我们在努力使方向——扭转这个问题的严重程度，使哥伦比亚内部的生产开始减少。
我们把与他们一起从事根除工作的的文职人员的数量增加到原来的四倍。虽然效果尚未达到我们的期待，但可以公平地说，超过——哥伦比亚在今年头四个月摧毁的古柯数量比去年同期多出超过60%。
还有一系列其他国家，但我讲得太长了。我将高兴接受你们的提问和谈其他问题。参议员，如你许可，我将把讲话全文提交记录在案。

SECRETARY POMPEO: Great. Thank you. Thank you, Senator Cornyn. Thank you, Senator Feinstein. Thanks for the opportunity to be here. I’m really happy to be here. This is an important issue. When you think of the State Department, it is not the first thing that comes to top of one’s mind often, but know that inside the organization it is something that is a true priority for us. That’s why I was so happy to be invited here today.
I’ll be very brief, because I want to have a good conversation today. But you should all know that, like many of you, this is personal for me. I know many people that have been impacted by this set of issues. Just last month, there were seven Kansans died in a 10-hour period from a single overdose of cocaine laced with fentanyl. This is a serious matter. We talk about these big numbers, but we all know human lives that have been touched and families that have been ripped apart by this.
The State Department has a role here. Many U.S. Government agencies do. Most of the opioids sold in the United States are manufactured and trafficked into this country from abroad. That’s where our talents and skills and the team comes to bear. We have a clear role here.
I want to talk for just a minute about what we’re doing in a couple areas. And I know we’ll dig into them each a little bit further.
First, we’ve really focused on China, because of the increase in fentanyl since last – in the last two and a half years in this administration. It’s purchased online often and delivered directly to users and dealers through the mail, or often shipped through Mexico as well.
Not only the State Department, the Justice Department and our interagency partners have been working closely with China – I’ve had numerous conversations with them. On May 1st, China fulfilled its pledge to President Trump to control all fentanyl-like substances – which potentially number in the thousands of different substances – and develop an enforcement plan for each of them.
We need to work closely with them to follow-up on these encouraging signs. There should be new criminal penalties. I’m convinced that they will do that. And I’m convinced that this will shut down labs inside of China and will save lives here in the United States.
In Latin America, the problem’s a little bit different in nature. Mexico remains a production hub for methamphetamines and heroin and is a transit country for cocaine, fentanyl, and other drugs. As recently as last week, as part of our conversations about migration, we touched deeply on how it is we can work more closely together. The joint declaration we signed was mostly focused on migration, but a good deal of the conversation was to your point, Senator Cornyn, about the traffickers’ desire to move whatever product will bring a market price that causes them to have an incentive to continue to do the things that disrupt so many lives here in the United States.
We will – we’ll try and take down these criminal enterprises between all of the elements of the U.S. Government. We’ve donated equipment to the Mexican law enforcement, security forces; we’ve trained their officers to eradicate poppy and interdict drugs; we’ve provided them sniffing dogs. And yet, as you can see from the data today, many challenges remain.
Just a couple words about the rest of the hemisphere. I’ve met with President Duque multiple occasions. Both occasions, he continued to pledge his strong support to stop drug trafficking and to reduce the coca fields. There is a lot of work left to do. We are working to get the direction – the magnitude of that problem to turn the corner, to begin to decrease production inside of Colombia.
We’ve quadrupled the number of civilian eradicators alongside of them. And while the payoff has not yet demonstrated the effect we would like, it is fair to say that over – that Colombia destroyed over 60 percent more coca in the first four months of this year than they did in those same four months of last year.
Look, there’s a host of other countries, but I’ve gone on too long. I’m happy to take your questions and talk about other things. And I’ll submit the full statement for the record with your permission, Senator.