Mr. Chairman, you are absolutely right. There is a natural progression from opiates to heroin.

I think it is a critical step in the right direction.

I think we have to look at that more and see what the Federal Government can do.

I think that we have to be able to tell the differences between troubled youth, not bad youth but troubled youth.

I certainly wholeheartedly endorse your bill, and I hope you can get it passed.

Whatever the punishment, it has to be appropriate and it has to fit.

Attorney General DeWine has worked tirelessly to create a multidisciplinary approach to the investigation and prosecution of prescription drug cases.

FHFA has an obligation, it seems to me, to bring some reasonableness to this.

There is no dispute about what really happened here or that these are bad actors who did bad things.

FHFA has a responsibility, it seems to me, to the taxpayers of this country.

It still seems that there are ways that FHFA could control this.

I think we don't want to forget the fact that each one of you represents some of these victims.

They have an obligation to conserve assets.

one of the things we did, unfortunately, with that bill is to sunset the requirement of trials to be done with children, which I regret.

the Pediatric Research Equity Act, which was part of that reauthorization that Senator Clinton, our former colleague, and I were deeply involved in.

the incentives really weren't there.

the situation today is vastly different as the result of an awful lot of work.

I voted for the Patriot Act to find and stop the terrorists. It makes a difference.

I think this is a good day for the United States Senate but I think more important it's a good day for the country.

And they did a great job, and it made an unbelievable difference.

Haiti was understandably recognized, and I quote, 'as a priority fragile state.'

I think that's an understatement. You know, the situation there continues to deteriorate.

I don't really understand why there is no money in the supplemental at all.

Well, I appreciate it. And I--you know, it's just vitally important.

The problem with E is that it costs a little more money than the others.