Tony Cardenas actually said...

"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 ..."

"I am a proud sponsor of two pieces of legislation being considered today, including the Medicaid Reentry Act and the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment, or MAT, Act."

"The existence of the X-waiver sends a terrible message to practitioners and the public alike, that treating OUD with buprenorphine requires separate, stigmatizing rules, and that buprenorphine is inhe..."

"I think it is important that the departments understand that the amount of resources that we allocate at the Federal level, local level, et cetera, needs to be proportional to how we are going to--be ..."