Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the chair of the committee, the ranking member, and the gentlewoman from New Hampshire (Ms. Kuster) all working together to solve this problem which every American family is facing or knows of someone or has some relation to someone who is. This touches everybody far and wide, urban and rural, suburbs and small towns. Particularly in my home State, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, we have really had families just devastated by this. We have to close the border. We have to get a handle on what is coming across the border. We have to make sure that we have things in place to prevent people from bringing these to our young people and adults. We are here today, though, to make sure those who have this substance use disorder have access to proper care, the opportunity to not just recover, but to have full and productive lives. We believe that on both sides of the aisle, and we have worked together for this. I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes,'' and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Cloud). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Guthrie) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 4531, as amended. The question was taken. The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.”