It is shameful in our country.

your statement that we need to be told the truth is probably the most important statement we have heard all day

Well, my time has expired. But I have to tell you if it was my business model, I would go with consumers because they are your customers.

Another part of the solution requires investing in a healthcare workforce to treat underserved areas.

So this is a national crisis.

It's clear much more work needs to be done.

This is a national crisis.

People who are released from prisons and jail are 12 times more likely to die of an overdose than the general public.

Are we willing to do what is needed to be done to avoid another near million deaths?

What are we willing to spend to avoid another million deaths?

I think it is painfully clear that much more work needs to be done.

I thank the chair of our committee, and I rise in support of this legislation that is so important for the next generation of Americans, H.R. 2339. Very sadly, there has been a reversal of our country's great progress on tobacco use, and…