"Transitioning to clean energy is not only necessary to protect human health and the environment, but it is also an enormous opportunity to create a more equitable economy."
"This is deeply personal. And New Hampshire has consistently had one of the highest rates of overdose deaths in the country."
"I am very concerned, as many of us are on both sides of the aisle, about the disparate impact on race with these mandatory minimums."
"So my legislation with Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, known as the STOP Fentanyl Act, is comprehensive in its public health approach to addressing fentanyl."
"the pandemic has exacerbated the already dire addiction and mental health crises in our country."
"This can be a real game changer, and I am grateful for the opportunity to discuss this legislation today."
"This is the reason that 7 years ago I founded the bipartisan Congressional Opioid Task Force and why this Congress we have now expanded it to the Addiction and Mental Health Task Force, to include thi..."
"We would love to meet with you. I will set that up. We have game-changer legislation that would eliminate the exclusion of Medicaid during incarceration."
"I am pleased to see that this administration's priorities focus on evidence-based approaches that holistically address prevention, support, and treatment for those battling with substance use disorder..."
"We must do more to address the new realities of this epidemic defined by illicit synthetic opioids as well as ensure that our policies don't reinforce the mistakes of our past that disproportionately ..."
"It is an all-hands-on-deck approach, and any serious solution must look at comprehensive reforms."