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.

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.

The frustrating part is just imagine if we had not taken all the steps we have taken, how many deaths we would have had.

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.

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 think limiting the doses is important, but many of the states are already taking those actions.

I think most of the children that we are dealing with, that are going into foster care now, have some relation to the parents being involved in substance abuse of some kind; much of that are opioids.

We ask ourselves that same question nearly every day.