"I think the steps that Mick Mulvaney and Kathy Kraninger have taken are pretty indefensible across the board."
"It impacts all of us."
"I am concerned that when it comes to truly prioritizing and solving the opioid crisis, the President is saying one thing but doing another."
"So we have got two emergencies. One is treated with an actual action and the other is just to raise awareness."
"I do think that despite the fact that I disagree with how, I mean, disagree is a mild term, but disagree with the President's course of action, I do think that we here in Congress have responsibility ..."
"the truth is, is that it impacts all of us."
"I would like to submit to the record, and I seek unanimous consent to submit to the record, this New York Times article that displays the urgent need for Federal opioid response."
"Drug makers have poured close to $2.5 billion into lobbying and funding Members of Congress over the last decade."
"Over the last two years, the Trump administration released the fourth National Climate Assessment, which is the Federal Government's definitive statement on climate science."
"Volume 1 of the assessment confirmed that climate change is real, it is happening now, and that humans are the cause."
"Do you agree that the United States could face huge costs as a result if we fail to act right now?"
"Global, environmental, and ecological degradation, as well as climate change, are likely to fuel competition for resources, economic distress and social discontent through 2019, this year, and beyond."