Tony Cardenas actually said...

"We were stuck on just tough on crime for far, far too long."

"But yet, just a few miles away on the other side of town, book him and book him, send the cops in, get the DEA to do a crash unit or something, and all of a sudden you have people on one side of town ..."

"I also ask for your commitment to prioritize the elimination of the X-waiver in order to deliver on President Biden's promise to expand access to medication-assisted treatment."

"I fully agree that the X-waiver reflects a longstanding stigma around substance use treatment and sends a message to the medical community that they lack the knowledge or ability to effectively treat ..."