"I think that one of the things that we learned from the crack cocaine epidemic and the war on drugs was that a strong law enforcement approach that does not also take seriously the importance of a public health perspective and the need for treatment is not successful."
"A lot of our doctors' offices have become drug dealers. Am I right?"
"Either you care about these kids or you do not."
"Praying doesn't make it any different."
"We talk about mental health is the problem, but we defund mental health treatment."
"So I think that we are going in the right direction. And I would just say to you that the next time somebody reports to you with an opioid problem tell them that our prayers and our thoughts are with ..."
"I am really surprised because we all know that the Department does not have a stellar record of civil rights."
"We are about to pass a tax bill that's going to continue to make the rich richer and the poor poorer."
"I think we all realize that we live in a time where corporate profits and income and equality are higher than they have ever been."
"I agree with our chairman that we haven't done this in more than 30 years. It is time to do it."
"And that is catastrophic."