Rand Paul actually said...

"You know, after 16 years, thousands of lives, probably a trillion dollars spent, the Afghans do not seem to be able to defend themselves."

"I think, though, overall we are going to need a much more dramatic change in how we prescribe."

"I think we can argue that the increase in opioids that we have seen with Medicaid expansion might be unintended, but I do not think we can argue that it is unforeseen."

"But something dramatic is going to have to happen, and I promise you, if we just throw more money at this, the problem will get worse."