I know that you are also focused on the Zika virus, and what we need to do to get in front of that.

I think one of the challenges that I hear from New Hampshire's fishing industry and all of New England really is that they feel like the management decisions have been made very much without taking into consideration the input they have…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To make appropriations to address the heroin and opioid drug…

Then pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the waiver provisions of applicable budget resolutions, I move to waive all applicable sections of that act and applicable budget resolutions for purposes of the…

It would take $483 million just to bring SAMHSA prevention and treatment block grants back to the levels in 2006.

I wish to call up amendment No. 3345, which is my supplemental amendment to address the heroin and opioid epidemic. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New…

I appreciate the comments from my colleague from Rhode Island, who is the author of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act. That is the underlying bill we were trying to amend. I would just point out that despite what the honorable…

we are voting on very good legislation with the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act. This is a way to expand programs that work to address what is a real pandemic of heroin and opioid abuse in this country. But the reality is that…

do I have any time left to speak under the previous 2 minutes? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is no time remaining.

I appreciate the comments from my colleague from Arkansas about the challenges of the heroin and opioid epidemic. I think it is really a pandemic that we are facing in too many States across this country. Certainly it is a huge issue in…

I am not going to speak to this amendment right now because I hope to do it later. I spent a fair amount of time yesterday talking about the need to provide the resources to address the heroin and opioid epidemic, but I am very pleased to…

We have also received support from groups such as the American Academy of Pain Management; the American Public Health Association; the American Society of Addiction Medicine; the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal…