"one of the fundamental trust and treaty obligations to tribal nations is to protect the public safety on their lands."
"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."
"Statement of Senator Schatz"
"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."
"I am cautiously optimistic about the revived research on psychedelics."
"Can you reassure me that this thing is going to get stood up quickly?"
"We have to draw distinctions around drug policy and a kind of move towards liberalization of drug policy."
"We can disagree about a lot, but the law already exists, and it is not sufficiently enforced."
"there's no justification for a violation of Federal law being so inexpensive as to not be a disincentive."
"What have we learned in the last several years about chronic pain treatment?"
"Sixty-eight grand is what we have in Federal statute."