12/01/2010
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"I think it is only fair to call on the President for what appears to be a failure to make that crisis the priority that it should be."
"Five people die every hour from this opioid epidemic, which means 12 or 13, people have died since we just started this hearing."
"Mr. Chairman, we need to take that to heart, right from the horse's mouth."
"I want to thank your staffs on the kind of collaboration that they have demonstrated, I hope with our leadership, to help address this challenge and to bring a sense of urgency to it."