the answer is not incarceration. The answer is treatment.

Your leadership in shedding light on this issue, your commitment to speaking with families, to visiting our providers, is so greatly appreciated because the scope and depth of the crisis is really measured in human terms.

we ought to take a look at how we can make it more accessible and do that in a way, since we know what it does.

If we had received an allocation that was commensurate with our portion of discretionary spending, we would have received an additional $5,200,000,000 to what we have had.

The fact of the matter is that it is--quite frankly, it's meaningless.

I think there are many folks, and I don't know if you share this view, Mr. Chairman, that are here who think...

Are we examining the opportunity for Head Start for all eligible children?

What about the medication-assisted treatment, which seems to be a good road to follow?

As you know, the Sacramento Bee revealed that some school districts in California were purchasing canned peaches from China in violation of the Buy American requirements for the National School Lunch Program.

Our job is one of applying techniques and principles to every known silica dust hazard in American industry. We know the methods of control. Let us put them into practice.

I also want to give a shout-out to a former colleague of yours, Mike Michaud, who is our Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training.

I want to make a point about FSMA, which I am a strong supporter of, et cetera.

we were able to secure a $50,000,000 increase to the mental health block grant, and a $38,000,000 increase to the substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant program for 2016.

But too many working families today are still not being paid enough to make ends meet.

Last year's omnibus moved the Federal budget in the right direction.

I would hope we could have a hearing on the high cost of prescription drugs in this committee and during this period of time.

I talked about Connecticut and what I believe is really a great accomplishment and ending chronic homelessness amongst our veterans, and we should be proud of that.

Nearly 80 percent of Connecticut participants who complete the preparatory program take the next step into a work experience at a local company.

Let us be real. This is a problem that was caused by the Congress and by this committee.

Direct-to-consumer advertising is absolutely linked to the increased health care costs.

Tomorrow, I will introduce a comprehensive bill to address wage theft with Senator Murray.

I strongly believe, as you know, that programs in the HHS budget are among the most important responsibilities that the Federal Government has.

Connecticut has a large population of veterans and active military personnel, and you support military families and veterans.

I shudder when I think of 9,000 children who have lead poisoning, which is irreversible.

You can't do more with less. You can only do less with less.