Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, as I went through in my opening statement, I mentioned a good many of the bills that were part of the House package this week. I want to go back through just a few more that we went through just to let people know the breadth and scope of what we have been doing. H.R. 4982, Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act, is a bill that requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the inpatient and outpatient treatment capacity, availability, and needs in the United States. And that was by Mr. Foster of Illinois. We also have H.R. 4599, Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016, from Representative Clark of Massachusetts. We also have H.R. 4586, Lali's Law, sponsored by Representative Dold of Illinois. H.R. 3691, Improving Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women Act of 2016, sponsored by Representative Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico. H.R. 3680, Co-Prescribing to Reduce Overdoses Act of 2016, sponsored by Representative Sarbanes of Maryland. We also have H.R. 1818, Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2016, sponsored by Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois. Again, as you see the breadth of what we are doing here and why I believe moving forward on this rule is important and going through, many times what we have said is: look, these issues all address specific needs.…”