Mark DeSaulnier actually said...

"I really think this is an amazing opportunity for us in Congress to change the dynamics on these reoccurring public health crises."

"It is unacceptable that drug companies would use the opioid crisis as a way to profiteer at the expense of all of our constituents."

"The commission stated only about 10 percent of those who need treatment receive it and they warned that people are, and I quote, 'losing their lives as a result of it.'"

"This issue does not discriminate based on politics. It affects red States, blue States, and purple States."