Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5261, the TEACH to Combat Addiction Act, and I want to thank Mr. Tonko, the Democratic sponsor of the bill. While the evidence is clear that medication-assisted treatment is the gold standard for treatment of opioid use disorder, many healthcare providers know little about this lifesaving treatment. Providers' limited knowledge of and training on substance use disorder treatment and recovery support services, such as MAT, harms efforts to respond to patients who suffer from such conditions. The TEACH to Combat Addiction Act will help improve providers' knowledge and training on such services by establishing centers of excellence and substance use disorder education. These centers will support the development, evaluation, and distribution of evidence-based curricula for health professional schools on substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery. Such curricula can be used to help ensure that we get the right curriculum and training to all different kinds of healthcare providers. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.”