On the recordFebruary 4, 2014
While the President pro tempore is here, I want to make a brief comment. The headlines over the last couple of days have been about the death--in my opinion--of one of the great actors of our time, Philip Seymour Hoffman. He obviously died from a drug overdose of heroin. The reason I wanted to say a word while the President pro tempore is presiding is because the Governor of Vermont was very visionary in directing his State of the State remarks this year to the scourge of heroin addiction that is sweeping the Nation. It really is a scourge. According to everything I have been able to learn, it is kind of unique. We have people who start off with some kind of prescription drug and then wind up with this stuff that has been prepared by purveyors of evil. They don't know what is in it. There are some who believe they use baby laxative or other ingredients that look like heroin. It is a terrible shame. I will send the Governor a letter, but I want to make sure my good friend from Vermont personally tells the Governor what a--I can't find a better word--visionary he was in the remarks he gave a few weeks ago. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Booker). The Senator from Vermont.
