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…

My question to each of you is what more do we need to do? Why are the efforts that everybody is making and working so hard not working?

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.

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.

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?

first I want to join the Democratic leader in his comments about the devastation of these hurricanes. This has been truly a malign visitation on our country over the last several weeks. Florida, Texas, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico…

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

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

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

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

today we remember the life of Alan Hutchinson, who passed away earlier this year at the age of 70. As a beloved family man, veteran, author, and tireless environmental advocate, Alan dedicated his life to preserving Maine's most precious…

Even Congress cannot repeal that law.

I will execute the budget as executed by Congress.

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

Do you feel that we are adequately protected now, in terms of a potential cyberattack on our grid?

It was a lot of those same issues, is the fact that they were overhauling the entire Medicaid program without a significant number of hearings or a deep look into why they were actually doing it.

Today, even as we meet, yet another hurricane, Maria, is battering a region still struggling to recover, and it is expected to hit Puerto Rico particularly hard.