On the recordMay 9, 2023
For everyone watching back at home, H.R. 1734 is bipartisan lawmaking at its best. A new Member of Congress, Mr. Collins of Georgia, the chair of the Subcommittee on Research and Technology of the House Science Committee, a subcommittee I was privileged to serve as the chair of for two terms, and the brilliant Ms. Caraveo, another new Member of Congress from Colorado, came together to tackle an opioid epidemic plaguing the American people, plaguing youth, to get in front of tranq. This is why the Science Committee, for everyone watching back at home, is so very important. We are utilizing NIST, the standards agency of the United States of America, to make sure that we can track and tackle these insidious drugs that are in our streets, that are in our neighborhoods, and that are in our homes. Madam Speaker, I thank Ms. Caraveo, Mr. Collins, and the leadership of this committee.
