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I urge the same, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Walden) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 5582, as amended…

Members should support this very important legislation. Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have no other speakers as well. I thank our colleagues for their good work on this bipartisan legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from…

I don't believe I have any other speakers on this legislation, so I would urge its passage. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

This is more good, bipartisan work here attacking this opioid epidemic. I would encourage my colleagues to support this piece of legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the…

I have no further speakers. I encourage my colleagues to support this legislation. I thank the Members from Michigan who brought it to our attention, and worked with the full Energy and Commerce Committee in bringing it to your disposal…

Our work on the House floor today is the culmination of more than a year's effort to craft legislation in the Energy and Commerce Committee that will save lives and help stem the tide of the opioid crisis that has struck at the health of…

I have no further speakers on this legislation. I urge my colleagues to support it. I commend the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Ben Ray Lujan) and the gentlewoman from Virginia (Mrs. Comstock) for their tireless work on this legislation…

Before I recognize my colleague from Kentucky, I just want to say, Mr. Rogers has spent many, many years leading nationally not only here in the Congress, but nationally and in Kentucky on this issue of addiction and the scourge of opioids…

I thank Members on both sides for their good work on this legislation. I urge passage, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Walden) that…

I, too, would encourage our colleagues to support this fine piece of legislation and, again, commend its authors for doing the good work that will help so many in our districts. Mr. Speaker, I urge support, and I yield back the balance of…

I have no other speakers on this matter, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I would do the same, urge passage of the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I just want to, again, thank our leaders on this effort, Mr. Doyle and certainly Mr. McKinley. I would encourage passage of the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Francis Rooney of Florida). The…

I just want to again say, as my friend and colleague from New Jersey has outlined, you understand the importance of why we need to make these changes under the law. I again commend him for his work on this. I encourage all my colleagues to…

I don't have any other speakers, and I reserve the balance of my time.

This is more important bipartisan legislation moving forward. I have no other speakers. I would encourage passage of the legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered…

In the time I make these remarks, 1 minute, and every minute after, the equivalent of an entire garbage truck full of plastic will be dumped into the oceans. That is about 8 million metric tons a year, endangering marine life. Today is…