"We want to protect the folks that actually have drug addictions and not treat them just as law enforcement cases."
"We are doing exactly that, actually. I was just talking with our czar who is heading up this entire emergency operation."
"We need more Federal funding. And not to say that $6 billion is not a lot of money; it is to the taxpayers. But it is a drop in the bucket compared to what we actually need."
"$6 billion stretched across the country is not going to go very far."
"This is not just a health issue. Or just an education issue or just a crime prevention issue; it is across almost everything you are funding."
"We are hitting that from a number of different directions."
"Getting them the help they need while they are in prison makes a big difference."
"It is very effective."
"I passed the biggest criminal justice reform bill in Maryland in a generation."
"I think at the Federal level, we have to focus on mental health and substance abuse issues together because, in many cases, they are overlapping."
"I am a states' rights guy, and I believe that much of the innovation is happening out in the states."
"I think limiting the doses is important, but many of the states are already taking those actions."