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That is why I am so worried about the President's Budget Request to cut more than $500 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

I am proud to have worked with my colleagues to dedicate an additional $500 million to NIH for research on opioid addiction.

This is a public health crisis and we have to find a better way.

I share my colleagues concern about the President's budget cuts of more than $2.2 billion to NIH overall.

We can't afford to not invest in medical research.

I have always supported strong funding for NIH because it is an investment that saves lives.

I am gravely concerned about the reports stating that cancer rates are significantly higher in Minden than the rest of Fayette County and the rest of the State.

I am really pleased to be on the STAR Act, the childhood cancer act.

I am anxious to hear how we progress with that.

We are dragging our feet on this and this is inexcusable.

I do want to say that step one, though, is to have the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy at this hearing, at that table right there.

We've got $3.5 billion to support a policy that does not exist at this point, and that is inexcusable.

We have a real vested interest in this, and I want to give you--I want to hear your view on this.

I think a lot of that is increased productivity, and though we have a lot more work to do, I think some of the good work that you are doing to take the regulatory boot off of American workers is certainly appreciated where I live.

I just want to thank you and your department and the coordinating aspects of what you have done with the U.S. attorney's office.

Okay. Let me ask the question, Mr. Benner.

Is it being diverted from China to Mexico and then up that way?

We have the STOP Act that we are pursuing to try to stop the flow in through our mail facilities.