Committee Chairman Sen. Rob Portman makes opening comments as U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner for Operations Support Robert Perez testifies before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee during a subcommittee hearing on U.S. strategy to combat illicit drugs in the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations titled‘ “Stopping the Shipment of Synthetic Opioids: Oversight of U.S. Strategy to Combat Illicit Drugs” in Washington, D.C., May 25, 2017. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Photo by Glenn Fawcett The case for remote voting by Congress strengthens as more lawmakers quarantine Independent resolutions in the House and Senate don't specify what technology might be used in each chamber, respectively. Mar 24, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir