"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 honest with ourselves about how it should be addressed."
"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 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 would venture to say--I am in Los Angeles, and in my community where I grew up in Pacoima, law enforcement seemed to be the answer to treating people with addictions or addressing the issue of peopl..."
"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."
"I would hope and pray that we can be an example for the world of how to handle drug addiction"
"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."
"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..."
"This bill would extend Medicaid eligibility to incarcerated individuals 30 days prior to their release."
"We need to look at this as treating addiction rather than incarcerating our way out of this."
"the spread of hatred and incitement of violence on platforms is a deadly problem in America, and we need to see that it stops."