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Greg Walden
@gregwalden· Republican · OR· Jun 12, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I want to commend the gentleman for bringing this to our attention with his colleagues. That was part of what we did back on Member Day. I think it was in October. We had 50 Members…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-12
Greg Walden
@gregwalden· Republican · OR· Jun 12, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5587) to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize certain recovery services grants to be used to establish regional technical assistance centers, as amended. The…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-12
Greg Walden
@gregwalden· Republican · OR· Jun 12, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials in the Record on the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-12
Greg Walden
@gregwalden· Republican · OR· Jun 12, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. =========================== NOTE =========================== June 12, 2018, on page H5070, the following appeared: Mr. WALDEN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members…

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Greg Walden
@gregwalden· Republican · OR· Jun 12, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers on this matter and would encourage my colleagues to support this legislation. I yield back the balance of my time.

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Greg Walden
@gregwalden· Republican · OR· Jun 12, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5812) to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out certain activities to prevent controlled…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-12
Greg Walden
@gregwalden· Republican · OR· Jun 12, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials into the Record on the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-12
Greg Walden
@gregwalden· Republican · OR· Jun 12, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this is our last bill of the day on opioids. This is the 25th piece of legislation that we have worked through, not only our committee, but also now the House floor. I…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-12
Greg Walden
@gregwalden· Republican · OR· Jun 12, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzpatrick), who is a co-author of this very important piece of legislation.

Congressional Record · 2018-06-12
Greg Walden
@gregwalden· Republican · OR· Jun 12, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. In conclusion, I just want to thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their incredible tenacity, their hard work, bringing from their districts and from the people they…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-12
Greg Walden
@gregwalden· Republican · OR· Jun 12, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5228) to strengthen the authorities of the Food and Drug Administration to address counterfeit drugs, illegal and synthetic opioids, and opioid-like substances, and for other…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-12
Greg Walden
@gregwalden· Republican · OR· Jun 12, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak in support of this legislation, and I want to commend my friend and ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Representative Frank Pallone of…

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Greg Walden
@gregwalden· Republican · OR· Jun 12, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I just want to again say, as my friend and colleague from New Jersey has outlined, you understand the importance of why we need to make these changes under the law. I again commend…

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Greg Walden
@gregwalden· Republican · OR· Jun 12, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I, too, want to commend our colleagues for bringing this matter to our attention and commend them on the legislation we are moving forward today in a bipartisan way. I encourage our colleagues to vote for it. Mr. Speaker, I…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-12
Greg Walden
@gregwalden· Republican · OR· Jun 12, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5272) to ensure that programs and activities that are funded by a grant, cooperative agreement, loan, or loan guarantee from the Department of Health and Human Services, and…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-12
Greg Walden
@gregwalden· Republican · OR· Jun 12, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Guthrie), who is the vice chair of our Health Subcommittee and has been a leader on this opioid issue along with other healthcare issues to improve the…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-12