again, this is an issue that has brought us all together in the past. Let's continue to work together on this on a bipartisan basis to begin to turn the tide on this epidemic before it is too late, before we lose more of our young people…

I want to start by thanking my colleague from Indiana for his indulgence, and I look forward to hearing his remarks. We were both on the floor today waiting to speak while we tried to work out differences with the continuing resolution. I…

my understanding is that we have 7 minutes left on the Republican side, and I ask unanimous consent to use those 7 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. heroin and prescription drug epidemic

I rise today to talk about this epidemic of heroin, prescription drugs, and now fentanyl and other synthetic heroin. It is devastating our communities. My home State of Ohio, unfortunately, is one of those States that has seen the tragedy…

That second-class citizen you were talking about--that is, unfortunately, happening within the exchanges.

There is lots of debate about what we do, but just a lack of choice and the lack of competition, as it relates to costs--but it also relates to quality of care.

Our health care system was not perfect before the Affordable Care Act, but... many of the pledges and promises that were made just have not been kept.

So, here we had a period where you would have expected some stabilization. Instead, you have just the opposite.

Well, first, I want to thank my colleague from West Virginia for holding this colloquy today. I enjoyed listening to Senator Capito, his colleague from West Virginia, talk about it, and I know Senator Brown was here. Senator Warner, from…

Eighty-six percent of Obamacare premiums were subsidized by tax dollars.

I think, conceptually, it makes a lot of sense.

That was not done with Obamacare, obviously, as Senator McCain--who was here at the time--talked about it.