this is a crisis, and it is getting worse, not better, and there are State actors involved as well as individual hackers.

Will you commit today to rapidly implement that legislation, working with the post office, to be sure we do not continue to have people who are dying from this disease who do not have to die because we are just allowing this flow of…

You talk about going to the source of the problem. Why is it that there are literally thousands, I am told, of chemical companies in China producing this stuff that is killing American citizens?

we want to be sure that our legislative initiatives are being implemented rapidly before more people die.

My sense is that cocaine production is increasing fairly dramatically in Colombia right now, of course, coming into Venezuela, where most of that country I think is now in the hands of narco-traffickers, essentially, coming up through…

What people do not know is the role that fentanyl has played: a 4,000-percent increase in fentanyl overdose deaths in my home State in the last 5 years alone.

in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to further proceedings. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar.

I understand, there is a bill at the desk that is due for a second reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct. The clerk will read the bill by title for the second time. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A…

I rise to talk about my vote on the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the Supreme Court. Sadly, over the past couple of weeks, the confirmation process has become a bitter partisan fight that has deeply divided this body…

I agree with Senator Durbin. While the policy in H.R. 6 is limited and does explicitly limit inpatient, substance abuse treatment stays to just 30 days, there are in fact opportunities for individuals with either Medicaid managed care or…

I agree with Senator Durbin. First, I would like to also voice my appreciation for the hard work that our colleagues in both the House and Senate put into the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act. Lifting the IMD exclusion for all…

today the U.S. Senate is going to vote on legislation that is representative of years of work that has been done to help address the opioid crisis. That vote will occur in about half an hour. This is historic legislation. It is legislation…