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On the recordSeptember 28, 2022
I appreciate the chairman's right to do that. I appreciate his position on this whole problem that we are trying to deal with. I am just sorry that Senator Booker had to have people object for him. It is not right. How many people have to die before we do something about it? Last year, there were over 107,000 overdose deaths, with 70,000 due to fentanyl-related substances--200 opioid overdoses in the State of Iowa. Somebody has got to wake up around here and realize that we can do something about it. The Biden administration wants us to do something about it, and one person--not Chairman Durbin, but other people--stands in the way. It is just not right. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Smith). The Senator from Ohio. Hurricane Ian
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

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