03/01/2021
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"And that is why I am pleased that Congress agreed in the budget agreement to provide a total of $6 billion in additional funding for efforts to respond to the epidemic for fiscal years 2018 and 2019."
"Today, we continue a series of hearings to address the complex opioid abuse crisis that is devastating lives across the country."
"I do not think the additions to the underlying text of the bill cures the issue of the risk of stigma, discrimination, and negative health and life outcomes."
"Without this funding commitment, many of the laws we have passed and the bills being discussed during this hearing are nothing more than empty words."