Brian Schatz

I am glad that Congress finally got its act together and passed the National Security Supplemental, but just like the regular appropriations bill, it was needlessly delayed by many months.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, as a further mark of respect to the late David Hampton Pryor, former Senator from Arkansas, the…

I am cautiously optimistic about the revived research on psychedelics.

We have to draw distinctions around drug policy and a kind of move towards liberalization of drug policy.

I think I speak for most of us when we'd say this is one of our favorite hearings. It gives us the most hope about the future.

Can you reassure me that this thing is going to get stood up quickly?

There's no justification for a violation of Federal law being so inexpensive as to not be a disincentive.

If a child dies on a factory floor, it's $68 grand. Capped.

Sixty-eight grand is what we have in Federal statute.

My bill, the CONNECT for Health Act, cosponsored by 63 of my bipartisan Senate colleagues, would ensure permanent expansion of Medicare telehealth coverage.

We have to draw distinctions around drug policy and a kind of move towards liberalization of drug policy.

I am cautiously optimistic about the revived research on psychedelics.

Can you reassure me that this thing is going to get stood up quickly?

My STOP Pain Act was enacted 8 years ago, and since then, NIH has funded hundreds of millions of dollars in pain management research.

I think I speak for most of us when we'd say this is one of our favorite hearings. It gives us the most hope about the future.

There's no justification for a violation of Federal law being so inexpensive as to not be a disincentive.

If a child dies on a factory floor, it's $68 grand. Capped.

The law already exists, and it is not sufficiently enforced.

Sixty-eight grand is what we have in Federal statute.

My bill, the CONNECT for Health Act, cosponsored by 63 of my bipartisan Senate colleagues, would ensure permanent expansion of Medicare telehealth coverage.

What have we learned in the last several years about chronic pain treatment?

There's no justification for a violation of Federal law being so inexpensive as to not be a disincentive.

We can disagree about a lot, but the law already exists, and it is not sufficiently enforced.

If a child dies on a factory floor, it's $68 grand. Capped.

Sixty-eight grand is what we have in Federal statute.