we certainly cannot have a situation where whistleblowers even worry about retaliation let alone be the victims of it.

to me that is criminal.

It is impossible for us to do our job without documents.

I'm also somewhat disturbed that TSA has provided official briefings to the committee's majority staff that excluded minority staff.

Gentlemen, we have to do better. We got to do better.

I trust my friend and his staff, but they get them one day. Then they may have to copy, do whatever, and I don't know when we'll get them.

I want to thank you, Mr. Meyer, for your willingness to be here today to discuss TSA's responsiveness to the committee's request in documents and for your commitment to ensuring that TSA responds to this committee's oversight in a…

I remember that. I spend a lot of time on these issues that he's talking about, these pharmaceutical issues.

We may have our differences of opinion, but we need to be working from the same information.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and I thank her for her leadership. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose H.R. 3340, a bill that would cause severe damage to the integrity of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and the Office of…

The promotion of OxyContin by Purdue Pharma was the most aggressive marketing of a Schedule II drug ever undertaken by a pharmaceutical company.

We must also fully fund President Obama's budget request for $1.1 billion in 2017.

Our nation treated this issue like a war rather than a public health emergency. We incarcerated generations rather than giving them the treatment they needed.

So, yes, I believe it was unconscionable that our nation ignored this issue for decades, but now Republicans and Democrats are starting to work together.

This is an American issue that affects your sisters, your brothers, your sons, and your daughters.

There are also a group of people who are truly addicted, and they are dying at 78 a day.

As a matter of fact, probably most of the crime in Baltimore has something to do with drugs in one way or another.

When you see the masses of people who are using, it is painfully painful, I am telling you.

We can no longer allow drug companies to keep ripping off taxpayers for life-saving medications.

Last week, Leader Pelosi sent a letter urging Speaker Ryan to schedule a vote on $600 million in emergency funding to help states address this epidemic before this recess week.

I would invite you at some point to come with me to Baltimore.

The Congress needs to put its money where its mouth is and actually help, help our states fund treatment programs to stop this epidemic in its tracks.

I agree with you, we have very effective drug courts in Maryland, and I know what you are talking about.

Why is this happening? In part, it is a result of doctors over-prescribing pain medication and drug companies urging them on so they can make massive profits.

Let me tell you why Federal funding is so important. In my home town of Baltimore, I witnessed with my own eyes, in my own neighborhood, the destruction drug addiction inflicts on our communities.