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We want to work with you to protect it, but we just beg you, you know, to use those of us who live there and love it as a resource as we try to find some ways to do both.

I know a rancher in my district, and he came to me. This is a humble man. He is not a radical.

I know a teacher in my district, and I come from a family of educators. And one county has actually had to declare an education emergency.

I know a coal miner back in a very rural, very poor district. There are two coal mines in Utah, well, in my district, very high-quality coal, clean coal.

I would like to express some frustration to you if I could, and it is not directed at you. I am expressing this frustration to you on behalf of the people that I represent back home.

I think it is clear that you and I might see the world differently in many important respects, but I appreciate your sincerity.

If we do not make some progress in helping these folks feel like they are not being ignored and, in fact, being abused by the Federal government, then we are going to have situations out there that just become worse.

Our intent without any question is to maintain livestock grazing.

We have got to find a way to defuse that. We have already seen the outcome of that, and it is not going to get better as long as they feel like the Federal government has a boot on the throat of these family ranches.

Was there any wrongdoing? I didn't find any.

The Family First Act proposal put forth by Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Wyden recognizes that states need access to reliable federal funds.

Lock-in programs are an important tool that can be used to address doctor shopping by locking beneficiaries who have abused the Medicaid program in to one prescriber, one pharmacy, or both for receiving prescriptions.

The good news is that there is wide recognition of the problem and shared interest in finding solutions.

America's tax dollars should be spent more wisely, and the Finance Committee has an opportunity to find the right mix.

I thank Chairman Hatch and all my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, because I hope we can pursue these reforms soon.

Unfortunately, opioids also have qualities that make them addictive and prone to abuse.

Opioids are a powerful class of drugs prescribed to treat severe pain.

Protecting these babies and their siblings is, in my view, going to require getting better help and treatment for the moms and dads who are suffering these afflictions.