Alan Grayson: “I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's illegal.”

This amendment is nearly identical to an amendment that passed by voice vote last year. I hope we will agree on its passage again this year.

My amendment would ensure that first responders are included for membership on the Pain Management Best Practices Interagency Task Force. This is a commonsense amendment. First responders, like police officers and other emergency room…

I'm very happy to hear we're trying to do something to help them come through a crisis when men and women who have earned a living and supported their families are now just being thrown out because of a theory.

We have gone through a terrible and traumatic experience in the last year called a U.S. Presidential election. I don't know how many countless people were utterly mortified by this whether or not their chosen candidate won. As it happened…