I want to thank Senators Portman, Brown, Casey, and Kaine, whose offices and colleagues and staff met on many occasions.

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

The administration has been seeking the authority from Congress to allow Medicare to use the tool that Medicaid already uses.

Well, you can see it. It is right here, and it makes a lot of sense.

This is a strong tool to reduce doctor- and pharmacy-shopping.

We have a solid bill that will help opioid-addicted seniors find treatment.

You are going to get that request from Ohio, I will tell you.

I do believe you are going to see a formal request coming from them very soon for you to engage with them as you are required to do under the Omnibus.

I hear this from my State of Ohio where, as you know, we have a considerable interest in this potential change in terms of the Stream Protection Rules and what impacts it is going to have on jobs.

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

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