Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Keating) and the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Rothfus) for offering this amendment, and I support it. According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, more Americans…

Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Roe), a sponsor of the amendment.

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I first want to commend the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Lynch) for his support of this underlying bill and for his sincere desire to improve the bill. While I appreciate that…

Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support the amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. DeSaulnier). The amendment was agreed to…

Madam Chair, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations of the Committee on the Judiciary, and the chief author of this…

Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Israel). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 11 Offered by Ms. Clark of Massachusetts…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I thank the gentleman from California and the gentleman from Georgia for offering this amendment. This amendment makes a small but important change to H.R. 5046 to clarify that…

Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise. The motion was agreed to. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Holding) having assumed the chair, Mr. Westmoreland, Acting Chair of the Committee of the…

Mr. Chairman, as we have said repeatedly, the opioid epidemic affects every Member's district, every region of our country, and every socioeconomic level. In order to ensure these grants are dispensed broadly, as is needed, the underlying…

Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition even though I do not oppose the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I commend the gentleman from Michigan for offering this amendment and for his commitment to combating opioid abuse, including joining as an original cosponsor of H.R. 5046. In a recent…

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Hampshire (Mr. Guinta).

Madam Chairman, it is now my pleasure to yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers), the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 5046, about to be considered by the House. The SPEAKER pro tempore…

Madam Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Today the United States is in the throes of an epidemic of prescription opioid and heroin abuse. Every Member of this body has heard a tragic story about a constituent who has…

Mr. Chairman, at this time, it is my pleasure to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Meehan).

Mr. Chairman, at this time, it is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. LaHood). Mr. LaHOOD. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this measure. As a former State and Federal prosecutor who has been in charge of…

Mr. Chairman, it is my pleasure to yield an additional 1 minute to Mr. LaHood. Mr. LaHOOD. Mr. Chairman, this funding includes treatment for law enforcement and first responders, and criminal investigations for the unlawful distribution of…