my colleague from Maryland spoke earlier about the opioid crisis and the fact that we are about to vote on legislation tonight that is called the Opioid Crisis Response Act. He talked a little about some of the innovations going on in the…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in the Record of September 6, 2018, under ``Text of Amendments.'') The…

I want to thank DOJ this morning because we just learned this morning that the seventh defendant in the Marion case pled guilty yesterday to trafficking charges.

today I want to talk about some of the positive steps the U.S. Senate is about to take in pushing back against----

I thank my colleague, and I am going to talk about him in a second and the work we have done with regard to pushing back against the opioid epidemic that has hit our States. In this body, every single Member is affected by it, and our…

There is no objection. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I wish to speak about this issue of opioids and the crisis our country faces. Just in the last couple of weeks we have gotten reports from the Centers for Disease Control from last year's data on overdoses and deaths: 72,000 Americans lost…

first, I would like to comment briefly on the last two speeches. The first was from Senator Leahy. He talked about the appropriations process. I commend him, as I did on the floor today in person, for the work he has done with Senator…

Let's give Americans who are fighting addiction a chance to live up to their God-given potential. ____________________

It is a privilege to join Condi Rice and Lisa Blatt here this afternoon in introducing a friend, Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

I am proud to strongly support his nomination to be the next Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

I believe he deserves broad support.