Robert E. Latta: “Unfortunately, this proposed plan furthers government regulation into our private citizen's lives by giving the Federal…”

the opioid epidemic is a scourge on this country.

Those are the statistics but you put a face with them. And I talked with a parent who had lost a child because of opioid overdose.

Our goal today is to enact the right policies to encourage self-driving technologies.

And on behalf of the committee and the subcommittee we mourn your loss, because what we are here for is to make sure that other families don't suffer the same loss that you have suffered, the loss of your son.