The people of Michigan are be coming out and voting tomorrow.

There was one vote in the United States Senate on whether or not to support the auto bailout and protect jobs in Michigan and around this country. I voted for the auto bailout.

I believe that as a nation in the year 2016. We must be firm in making it clear. We will end institutional racism and reform a broken criminal justice system.

This is very critical to Bernie Sanders. If he can do this, we have a different Democratic race.

Well, thank you, Chairman Coffman, and thank you for being with us here in New Hampshire.

You know, this is a big issue. I do not need to remind anyone in the audience from New Hampshire this now polls as the number one issue in New Hampshire for voters and constituents in terms of their concern above even the economy and jobs.

I have also been involved with Congressman Guinta and our bipartisan task force to combat the heroin epidemic.

The Granite State spends only $8 per capita on treatment for substance abuse.

We need to make sure that people have access to treatment, to lifelong recovery, and, of course, we need to support our law enforcement.

There is growing awareness that the long-term prescription of opioids to manage chronic pain can have severe and sometimes tragic consequences.

In New Hampshire alone, we had last year 420 opioid related deaths, up from 326 the year before.

We have got to do better.

I was proud to join Congressman Guinta in helping to introduce, and I believe Congressman Coffman as well, the Jason Simcakoski Promise Act, which would help improve opioid prescription practices at the VA.

The good news is that the VA has shown success in reducing the amount of opioids prescribed to veterans, but I share the chair's concern that without access to effective alternative treatments and therapies to manage chronic pain, access…

We will not solve the opioid use epidemic in New Hampshire or in the country or help our veterans without dedicated and coordinated efforts.

I think it is definitely a critical component.

Can you speak right into the mike?

One of the concerns that I have is reports across the country that some veterans with chronic pain who have their opioid prescriptions reduced have not been given sufficient support services.