I think the crisis is going to get worse.

It would definitely help cutting off that supply.

I commend this Committee for taking the time to hear, investigate, and look into ways to help reduce these powerful synthetics from entering our country, drug supply, and our communities.

Well, that is what the STOP Act is about, is making that mandatory and moving away from just making it a pilot, but making it a requirement.

It is time to follow up on what Congress passed 15 years ago, which was asking the then-Cabinet Secretary in charge, now Homeland Security and the Postal Service and the Commissioner to come up with a plan.

I would like to think it could be done safely.

We have to stop the demand in this country. We have to deal with the fact that our addiction rate is so high that we need more treatment and recovery.

I hope that one of the outcomes of this report that Senator Carper and I worked on and of the hearing today is to prioritize this issue.

Every one of them expressed concerns that the AHCA's $800 billion dollar cut to Medicaid would decimate their efforts to stem the opioid addiction epidemic.

If we had only listened to our allies in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, we would be a little ahead of the game.

President Trump has sent a number of impressive candidates our way: among those have been Elaine Chao, who happens to be related to one of our colleagues, and also Jeffrey Rosen.