Schumer Says He Asked China’s Xi to Appoint Senior Official on Fentanyl

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at a news conference with (L-R) Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Sen. John Kennedy (R-La), U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, Sen. Mike Crapo(R-Idaho), and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) in Beijing on Oct. 9, 2023. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Oct. 10 said Beijing agreed to “look into” his request to appoint an official responsible for the deadly fentanyl.

Mr. Schumer, along with five other Democrat and Republican senators, arrived in China on Oct. 7. The delegation had meetings with high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials and its top leader, Xi Jinping, on Oct. 9.