Roy Blunt: “much of the opioid crisis we are experiencing today can be linked to opioid prescriptions to treat chronic pain.”

I am glad to get a chance to talk while Senator Manchin and Senator Collins, both good friends of mine who are here, and talk about some of the reasons for the hearing today.

I ask unanimous consent that Jeremy Pinson, a military fellow from my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

These funding levels will put the U.S. back on the path to eliminating TB.

... it is the policy of this Nation, in fulfillment of its special trust responsibilities and legal obligations to Indians--to ensure the highest possible health status for Indians and urban Indians and to provide for all resources…