This is fraud. That is what is happening in most of these cases.

But there is also a subset of Medicare beneficiaries who are innocently getting duplicative opioid prescriptions.

It was mentioned that the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Act, CARA, was reported out of the Judiciary Committee by a unanimous vote last week.

By the way, the CARA legislation also authorizes the Pregnant and Postpartum Women's Program...

I now turn to the issue of opiate addiction. I thank my colleagues again on the Judiciary Committee for reporting on legislation today, on a bipartisan basis--in fact, there wasn't a single ``no'' vote. It was reported out on a voice vote…

I stand before the Senate to talk about legislation that was marked up today in committee that deals with the opiate addiction crisis we have in this country. Before I do that, and while my colleague is still on the floor, let me…

I agree with what Senator Bennet just said about the importance of our Kids Health Act, which is called the ACE Act, which will help, as he said, improve care, but also reduce costs.

I look forward to working with you on that as well, because it does require a statutory change.

I think the administration weighing in more precisely on this legislation would help us to get it through the process.

We do have some differences on the big picture: $3.3 trillion in new taxes.

We want to be sure EPA is providing the technical expertise and providing the kind of oversight that they are required to.

Prescription drug and heroin addiction is at epidemic levels in my State and around the country, and we are losing, as you indicate, lives every single day.