It is especially fitting to discuss this critical topic here today during Suicide Prevention Month.

With more than 50 percent of our veterans suffering from chronic pain, and half of those receiving at least one prescription for opioids, it is imperative that we give our veterans easy, anonymous, and continually available way to dispose…

I also look forward to hearing what appropriate role the Federal Government might play, whether it's investing in the basic research to address any knowledge gaps that we might have or helping the industry develop voluntary standards or…

This hearing introduces or continues our Subcommittee's focus on new innovations and technologies that will drive the American economy into the future.

I look forward to hearing what appropriate role the federal government can play, whether it is investing in basic research to address knowledge gaps or helping industry develop voluntary standards or metrics.

Thank you, Chairwoman Stevens, for holding today's hearing on innovations in sustainable chemistry.

Today I rise to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 and the triumph of the human spirit. On July 16, 1969, three Americans boarded a rocket at Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida. When they lifted off a few hours later…

I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3153, the Expanding Findings for Federal Opioid Research and Treatment Act, also known as the EFFORT Act. The opioid crisis has, tragically, destroyed…

Science is science, but politics, as all of us on this side of the aisle know, is more complicated.

In science, carrying out our work with integrity is a bedrock principle.

The public will support science only if it can trust the scientists and the institutions that conduct the research.

There is nothing inherently dishonest about that. In politics we have disagreements. We discuss, we debate, we negotiate, we vote, and in the end, the voters decide whose policies they want to support at the ballot box.