"I am happy that we are having this hearing on drug abuse in the United States and I am glad that we can work together in a bipartisan manner to tackle this problem."
"This hearing provides an opportunity to raise awareness and discuss action that we can take to end a crisis that is truly destroying lives, hurting families and communities across the country."
"My constituent, Peter Jackson, tragically lost his 18-year-old daughter Emily to this epidemic."
"I think I do have something as a comment that is already in the record, and when it comes to the changing the scheduling of hydrocodone from its current schedule III to schedule II of the Controlled S..."
"I wonder if part of the customer, the consumer education includes encouraging families with children between 12 and 18 to have a lockbox for certain drugs so that they keep them out of the hands of ch..."
"Optometrists, podiatrists, optometrists, chiropractors have all been recognized by Congress within the definition of physician providers in the Medicare statute."
"So talking about the patient, by having different quality measures and incentives, do you think that that could affect their access to quality care and their choices?"
"OK. And currently, don't optometrists, podiatrists, chiropractors follow the same criteria right now and successfully report the same quality measures as M.D.s and D.O.s?"
"I just want to say how much I appreciate the tone of this hearing and this discussion, and I hope we could have more like it."
"the home building industry has historically been a good indicator of strength of our economy"
"Incentivizing upfront investments in energy-efficient building materials, electronics and other products can save families thousands of dollars"
"there is an increased need for accessible housing"