We potentially have hundreds of thousands of students who have been cheated here.

I don't understand why this takes long. This isn't hard, what we're trying to do here.

I want to remind us that Congress gave the Secretary of Education broad authority to cancel the loans of students who attend colleges that broke the law.

But Congress does not show the same interest in taking steps before these crises occur to make sure that our country is actually prepared when disasters strike.

it is irresponsible not to study the science. We cannot be afraid of conducting basic medical research.

I have sent multiple letters to HHS, to DEA, to ONDCP, asking that they reduce these barriers, but so far, these agencies have taken virtually no action to expand research opportunities.

States like mine are stuck, and that is why Senator Capito and I are introducing bipartisan, bicameral legislation today.

In 2013, CMS reported that more Medicare beneficiaries received prescriptions for generic Vicodin, a powerful opioid, than any other drug.

We have called multiple times for the FDA rescheduling to Schedule 2.

Thank you very much for holding this hearing. It is powerfully important.

It requires real money. It requires new mandatory funding for the NIH.