Mary Bono Mack

It is my belief as a mother who just got through high school that the powerful nature of these painkillers that our kids do not have a chance.

I am happy that Congressman Harper brought up that side, that they shouldn't be necessarily in the courts but we should treat it as a disease first and foremost.

I think people need to start looking at the connection between these studies and these policies and the big money.

I want to applaud you on your decision to reject the $1 million from Purdue Pharma for your database.

I contend that OxyContin is heroin.

I would love to see some of these bad actors in handcuffs being taken off.

To me, the problem is 30,000 people a year are dying.

If we are going to win the war against prescription drug abuse, we must all serve as soldiers.

This costly and rapidly escalating struggle against prescription drug abuse and addiction is expected to claim the lives of some 30,000 Americans this year alone.

Today, prescription drug abuse is a deadly serious and rapidly escalating problem all across America.

I have always believed that new challenges create new opportunities. Working together, I am convinced that we can increase U.S. exports and create new U.S. jobs in the process.

We have the highest corporate tax rate in the world. We have the regulatory burdens. Infrastructure is in disrepair.

I think it would be useful if this committee were to take a look at that because they do superb work in these areas and they do not have the funds and the resources they need for producing the kind of benefits that they can produce if we…

We will hold Russia's as well as China's feet to the fire as far as piracy goes.

It is my sincere hope that we can put politics aside, work out our legitimate differences and approve all three trade agreements this year.

It is time to quit playing politics with our trade policies.

It is disingenuous for the Administration to say: 'Let us work together to create new jobs, but not if it means passing all three trade agreements together.'