Hal Rogers actually said...

"Doctors should avoid using powerful opioids as the first line of defense against pain, saying the risks from such drugs far outweigh the benefits for most people."

"We need a holistic, multipronged approach to the epidemic that CDC says we have."

"We fought for years... to get the pharmaceutical companies to develop abuse-deterrent formulations."

"Some of our colleagues thinking that they were being tough on administrative costs, so we were shortsighted."