Hal Rogers actually said...

"The pattern that we have seen so far in opioid abuse, first OxyContin, which exploded in my district, I think probably ground zero for the country, 10, 12 years ago, finally we were able to bring it u..."

"I fear that this Zohydro in straight pill form--you can crush it and shoot it up, chew it, whatever--will be abused just like OxyContin was, and we are going to see more young people die."

"But the day after FDA upscheduled these hydrocodone drugs, like OxyContin, the next day, inexplicably, the FDA Director allowed the sale of Zohydro, a new, extremely potent, 10 times OxyContin's stren..."

"It is my hope that this case will help lay that political debate--it's a political debate--to rest."