"It is not easy for me to align myself against the President, to whom I gave my enthusiastic support. But I cannot, in good conscience, turn away from the evidence."
"Party loyalty must fall before the law itself. No man, not even the President of the United States, is above the law."
"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 disa..."
"We simply cannot stop it without the Federal Government stepping up."
"I urge you, and your colleagues, to make increased funding for the opioid crisis a top priority."
"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 Pre..."
"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."
"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."
"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 f..."
"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."
"We ask ourselves that same question nearly every day."
"I think we do need more Federal funding with some flexibility for each state."