Mr. Speaker, I especially thank Congresswoman Comstock for leading this tribute to Justice Scalia. The Nation's legal lights faded recently with the loss of the great Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, but they will not be dimmed for…

This would be a worthwhile thing to do because of the prevalence of opioid use and overdoses.

If we can get naloxone into the hands of more folks, then we can help turn that tide.

Any guideline has the challenge of is it too hot or too cold or just right. We have been way over on the too cold side.

I am assuming all of you see the value, also, of expanded--again, under appropriate conditions--of expanded naloxone access.

I signed up and took one of the classes in Lebanon, Virginia, which is in Southwest Virginia, two summers ago.

If we use so many prescription opioids that we have had to develop a separate drug to deal with the constipation effect of opioids, and if the marketing potential of this drug is so massive that we will pay the ads for the NFC and AFC…

I hear the problems with the people who are taking the multiple meds and the side effects. It is real.

Do you all generally agree that we ought to get these prescriber guidelines out into the public realm so that the solo practitioner or the hospital chain can all have some sort of best practice that they can utilize when deciding whether…

there is an element of scam about this.

I have been traveling around the Commonwealth since I came into the Senate in 2013, and everywhere I go, this is what people want to talk about.

I would love for you to talk about that.

What is the best way to make that money really help solve some of these security challenges?

We ought to be talking about the best way to program those monies to do the most good.

And thanks to all of the witnesses. I would like to start, if I could, Leah and Evelyn, the engagement of survivors is really a core piece of what policy should be.

V-BID principles have been implemented in your State of South Carolina Medicaid program to ensure that vulnerable beneficiaries have better access to potentially life-saving drugs used to treat chronic diseases.

Mr. President, today I am introducing the 400 Years of African American History Commission Act. During my tenure as Governor of Virginia I presided over the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, VA, by the English colonists in…

I do want to encourage you to do one thing. The people on the committee, the Armed Services Committee, I think will support you regardless of what party they are in.