Political Quotes

On the recordJune 12, 2018
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5587) to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize certain recovery services grants to be used to establish regional technical assistance centers, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 5587 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Peer Support Communities of Recovery Act''. SEC. 2. BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF RECOVERY. Section 547 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee-2) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) in the heading, by striking ``Definition'' and inserting ``Definitions''; (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``In this section, the term `recovery community organization' means an independent nonprofit organization that--'' and inserting ``In this section:''; (C) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and moving such subparagraphs (as so redesignated) 2 ems to the right; (D) by inserting before subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated) the following: ``(1) Recovery community organization.--The term `recovery community organization' means an independent nonprofit organization that--''; and (E) by adding at the end the following: ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means-- ``(A) a national nonprofit entity focused on substance use disorder wi…
Said by
Greg Walden
Republican · Oregon

Share & report

More from Greg Walden

Dec 9, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I don't have any other speakers on my side. I encourage Members to support this really important legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Congressional Record · 2020-12-09
Dec 9, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Harris), who has been a real leader on this and so many other healthcare-related issues.

Congressional Record · 2020-12-09
Dec 9, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Mullin), my friend, for his very generous, over-the-top words. We have had a great working relationship. He is a fierce fighter for the causes he believes in and has been a terrific…

Congressional Record · 2020-12-09
Dec 9, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I thank my dear friend and colleague from the Energy and Commerce Committee and the whip, the Republican whip of the House, for his overly generous comments, his fine…

Congressional Record · 2020-12-09

Other voices in this conversation