Political Quotes

“after Memorial Day and a day after the 72nd anniversary of D-day and at a time when we live in a more and more dangerous world with threats from North Korea, China, Russia, and ISIS, it is appropriate that we are on the floor talking about our military, talking about helping our troops, and doing so by strengthening our military. Senator McCain, who is the chairman of the committee, just talked about the fact that there is a pay raise here. There is also an assurance to our military that we are not going to have the kind of end strength that puts us in more peril. I applaud him and I applaud Senator Reed for their work on this bill. I intend to support this bill, and I hope we continue to make progress this week on it. Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Bill Madam President, I am up today to talk about something different. It is another fight that we have, and that is with this terrible epidemic of heroin and prescription drugs. We now have a situation where 129 people on average are dying every single day. We have in my home State of Ohio and around the country epidemic levels not just of heroin and prescription drugs but now fentanyl, which is a synthetic form of heroin. It is affecting every community and every State. This is the eighth time I have come on the floor to talk about this issue since the Senate passed their legislation on March 10--every week we have been in session since then.…”