I know when we met there, the concern is, is that the Russians are no longer selling parts to the Mi-17.

I applaud Senator Kaine for his recent letter urging the Centers for Disease Control to release long-awaited opioid prescribing guidelines.

Senator Kaine's legislation, S. 1913, Stopping Medication Abuse and Protecting Seniors Act of 2015, also seeks to prevent abuse of prescription medication.

Have we hit the balance right in how we look at pain management as a kind of definer of this quality of medical service?

Thank you for shining a spotlight on this aspect of the heroin and prescription drug epidemic that we are facing in Virginia.

The DOD and VA both are really now--because I think there has been a culture in those organizations, too, that tend to over-rely on opioids.

this is something that I think has the potential to help save a lot of lives and prevent a lot of addiction if the Prescription Monitoring Program is used more.

I have introduced a bill called the Co-Prescribing Saves Lives Act, which deals with the co-prescription of naloxone.

I want to take this opportunity to personally thank you, Senator Kaine, for your support of REVIVE! and for the distribution of naloxone.

If we are focusing on family and patient education and we are particularly focused on patients and the families of patients who are seniors, what are good educational strategies that you would suggest to us?

Many of us in the Senate have been really focused on the FDA approval of certain opioid prescription medicines for young people and been highly, highly critical of that.

Falls are such a common health problem for seniors.

the Aging Committee's primary purpose is to shine a spotlight on problems.

Congress could also make a difference by passing the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, which would designate up to $80 million to advancing substance abuse prevention and treatment in State and local communities.

we have to have robust components for those kinds of programs, prevention and education and treatment.

You are saying, not only--you are saying folks were not just not trained, in some instances, they really were mistrained.

I cannot resist in saying that method for delivering naloxone... is a really simple way of administration.

If you do not act when they ask for help, you are setting them up for failure.