Mr. Chairman, I conclude my comments by expressing my disappointment that I have yet to persuade my friend from New Jersey to support the underlying bill, although I appreciate his support of the Rush amendment. We know that our Governors…

Mr. Chair, I thank Mr. Fitzpatrick and his team for agreeing to work with us on this issue. Unfortunately, this well- thought-out amendment would significantly alter the quality standards we have built into the base bill, and such a change…

Madam Speaker, what do you call a country that institutionalizes child abuse? Tragically, today you call that country the United States of America. We have heard the children screaming. We have seen the images of children being told to go…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, some of the proponents of this bill also mentioned the opiate use disorder situations in emergency rooms as a justification for the legislation, but I just want to say…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I mentioned earlier the various groups that are opposed to this legislation because of the privacy concerns, and I actually would like to read or go through some sections…

Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I want to speak briefly on a point that I think is being lost here. This bill presumes that expanding access to residential treatment is the answer, and it is not…

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 357, nays 57, not voting 13, as follows…

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 261, nays 155, not voting 11, as follows…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I support my colleague's, Representative Kildee's, amendment to this legislation. It is certainly important to require States to report information on individuals with…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I support Mr. Rush's amendment, but I remain in strong opposition to the underlying bill. I support my colleague's, Mr. Rush's, work to add cocaine use disorder. As Mr. Rush…

Mr. Chair, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chair, in closing and in urging opposition to this bill from my colleagues, the reason the IMD exclusion was put in place in the beginning was because of the fear that people who had…

Mr. Speaker, this is the final amendment to the bill which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Mr. Speaker, this amendment would maintain the…

Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I stand in opposition to H.R. 5797, the IMD CARE Act. I think we all agree that we need all the tools available to us to address the opioid crisis. Inpatient treatment…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 6082, the Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act. This legislation would greatly harm our efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. If we…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, proponents of this legislation argue that taking away patients' privacy rights related to substance use disorder treatment records is okay because we would be applying…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I just want to say in conclusion today, that amidst the worst opioid epidemic our country has ever faced, I think it is really important that we not take any action that…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

Mr. President, first he came for the Dreamers. It was in September of last year when President Trump announced that he was going to abolish the DACA Program, an Executive order by President Obama that protected 790,000 young people who…