I think you're absolutely right, that we have to put more effort at the front end of this problem and reduce access by changing prescribing habits, and particularly by allowing partial fills, by training physicians that they should only…

This headline disturbed me greatly because I feel there's been so much focus on the opioid problem, the epidemic that is tearing apart our communities and costing the lives of so many.

You folks collect all the sensitive information and you sell it to banks and automobile dealers and what have you to make sure they get accurate credit reports and money can flow through the economy and families can buy homes and get…

This is so important because it goes central to our economy. It really does.

This is really, really serious stuff.

I was a very early supporter and co-sponsor of it many years ago, and I hope it will slide through the Committee, with your help.

Please, Mr. Clayton, please withdraw this rule. It is harmful to our seniors, it is harmful to our small investors.

Well said, sir. I am going to take that as you will take this under great advisement.

I appreciate you holding this hearing.

I was the State treasurer in Maine, we know how this works when you have a moral obligation.

So here we have the taxpayers on the hook for $5.3 trillion--

One of the problems, it seems to me, in the long-term that we have to think about is how do we reward utilities for solutions that do not involve building things?

I just want to make a point of how excited I am about the pass program.

One of the reasons I was so pushy about this with Secretary Jewell was I think we are leaving money on the table...

They are the face of the parks, and they are wonderful.

I think Senator Lamar Alexander raises a really serious question about how we make it accessible and engaging...

This is a way that people who are staying in a hotel nearby the park can say, 'How do I get a pass? Oh, it's right here.'

I consider cyber, probably, one of our greatest national vulnerabilities.