Larry Hogan

We do need help from the Federal Government on expanding Medically Assisted Treatment. That is the only way that you can get people off these drugs.

It has to take a comprehensive approach. It is the early education and the prevention, and then it is the treatment for the folks who need it, but also cracking down on the people that are profiting from death.

But the folks that are bringing in these large quantities of deadly drugs, knowing that they are going to kill our citizens, we are cracking down and getting tougher on those folks.

People that are addicted need treatment, and they need help, and we are trying to get them the help they need rather than go after them on the law enforcement side.

We also need more targeted and aggressive Federal enforcement interdiction efforts when it comes to fentanyl and these other opioids through initiatives like the Synthetic Trafficking and Overdose Prevention, or STOP, Act.

I urge you, and your colleagues, to make increased funding for the opioid crisis a top priority.

We simply cannot stop it without the Federal Government stepping up.

I was the first governor in America to declare a real state of emergency on this issue because we decided that we needed to treat this crisis just like we would treat any other natural or manmade disaster.

I just would like to say at the outset, I'm a strong believer in competition is the way to drive down healthcare costs.

I want to thank the mayor for all of her involvement. We're just happy that we're on the same page and we are all able to help each other at this point.

I signed an executive order almost immediately as soon as we received the call and then called the president. There was no delay whatsoever.

We declared the state of emergency and I issued the executive order less than 30 seconds after requested by the city of Baltimore.

I have declared a state of emergency at the request of Baltimore City. This order deploys the Maryland National Guard in order to help restore order and to end the unrest that we witnessed today and tonight.

I strongly condemn the actions of those who engaged in direct attacks against innocent civilians, businesses, and law enforcement officers.

Look, people have the right to protest and express their frustration. But Baltimore City families deserve peace and safety in their communities. And these acts of violence and destruction of property cannot and will not be tolerated.

The justice department was going to be -- the new Attorney General will be coming into the Baltimore that we we're going to sit down and work together to try to see if we can bring calm to the community.

He said I assume that you and your team will be exercising due restraint, I assure them that we were.

We're going to put every available asset and as much manpower as it possibly takes to get this under control as quickly as we possibly can.

This is lawless gangs of thugs roaming the streets causing damage to property and injuring innocent people, and we're not going to tolerate that.

It's unfortunate. I had a long discussion with the President about this, this evening. He supports our actions 100 percent.

It's obviously very disappointing to us Marylanders and people who love the City of Baltimore. We -- what started out as peaceful protest with people expressing genuine concern about an incident that took place and was a peaceful incident…

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