"The response of the Administration and Congress has been woefully inadequate."
"I've often said that, at 68, I've been seeing this drug problem a long time."
"Do all of you agree that the majority of Americans who have a disorder are not getting the treatment that they need?"
"Do you agree that the Federal Government, including both the Congress and the executive branch, could be doing more to address this generational public health crisis?"
"I mean, and I guess that's one of the good things about the flexibility of the CARE Act."
"He said, 'How am I going to get there?'"
"We need the funding to actually then be able to expand the graduate medical education fellowships."
"I am concerned, very concerned that we are experiencing the single highest rates of overdose deaths in the history of our country."
"I think this committee has to come to grips with what the strategy should be, and enact one."
"we're going to continue the battle"
"We have not come here just to speak for those who have died. We've come to speak for the living and the dead."
"I support this CARE Act to help heal our communities and give the actual funding that's needed to address substance use disorder and mental health in our country."