The economic costs of addiction are enormous--totaling more than $80 billion in 2013 from increased health care costs, higher rates of incarceration, and lost productivity.

Every day, 91 Americans die from an opioid overdose.

For years without adequate treatment resources, communities in New Mexico have suffered through some of the highest rates of opioid and heroin addiction and overdose deaths in the Nation.

Every day, 91 Americans die from opioid overdose.

The economic costs of that addiction are incredible, totaling more than $80 billion in 2013.

Addiction to both heroin and prescription opioid pain relievers is a public health epidemic that is devastating families and communities across our Nation.

When a community faces a public health crisis, it is not long before a State turns to the Medicaid program to stem the tide.

The drastic cuts that the President proposes will only hurt our students.

Madam Chair, that's my final question.

The court settled the regulation of CO2.

We can't just build a wall around the TSCA office and expect it to perform.

I'm concerned that it has led to widespread land conversion, to corn to produce ethanol, which Congress did not intend.

We remain optimistic on the infrastructure plan, that we have proven in the past when additional funding has been made available to this agency, that we have been able to quickly respond, to be able to implement those projects, to be able…

I'm committed to continuing this funding despite the administration's proposal to stop supporting the Navajo in the States in this effort.

This budget with more than 60 percent of funds devoted to wildfire prevention and response is a dangerous step in that direction. It concerns me deeply.

Senator Tester has a pressing engagement.

are you aware that there are more than 20 alternative chemicals available to farmers?

I am very disappointed, Chief Tidwell, that the President's budget makes no attempt to provide supplemental funds to shore up the 10-year average or to address the longer term structural problems with the wildland firefighting budget.