Robert Portman
The Public Record
That legislation, called CARA, Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, just passed the Judiciary Committee while you were testifying, and it passed, as I understand it, by a voice vote.
I think the administration weighing in more precisely on this legislation would help us to get it through the process.
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.
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.
I think if we wait a couple years, which is what a lot of people are saying, we are going to lose so many more businesses.
To me, it is not just a matter, as important as it is, of personal data being taken by probably, as we understand it, Chinese hackers, but it is a national security issue.





