it's very important to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest...

I yield back all time on our side and ask unanimous consent that the cloture motion be voted on. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

In the State of Georgia, we have over 541 million doses of opioid circulating in the state. That is 54 doses for each man, woman, and child living in our state.

I wish to ask that before the remarks that I plan to make now are made and memorialized by the reporter, I be able to say to my friend from Florida, on behalf of the people of Georgia, who stopped me in the halls and corridors, at the…

I thank the Senator from Florida. Mr. President, I rise today with a great sense of pride and honor to commend to my fellow Senators Elizabeth ``Lisa'' Branch, who has been nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit of…

Well, everybody's testimony has been fantastic, and I appreciate it a lot, but you have all really, in one way or another, endorsed the more data, the better.

But it is true that a lot of legally obtained opioids are, in fact, sold or otherwise distributed to people.

we need to not lose focus on the importance of that agency and see to it we are funding them to the level they need to be.

it is time that we did some replacing.

I am deeply concerned this has a $1-billion reduction in funding for CDC from 11.9 to $10.9 billion.

I do not expect you to be familiar with it, but I would never leave here this morning without making you familiar with it.

I look forward to working with you and wish you the very best of luck in your new responsibility.