Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I want to commend my colleague Representative Fitzpatrick, who is here on the floor with us today, as well as Representative Curbelo and Representative Thompson. They all worked very hard to make this bipartisan legislation a success. H.R. 5796 would establish technical assistance grants to make best practices available to those providers who are identified as opioid- prescribing outliers. This bill would establish a means of identifying statistical outliers and then notifying providers if they are an outlier. In addition, the bill authorizes quality improvement organizations and other grant recipients to review prescribing patterns and to share educational materials and best practices. This legislation will ensure that best prescribing practices are clinically appropriate for patients and are implemented throughout the Medicare program. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Washington, DC, June 7, 2018. Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means, Washington, DC. Dear Chairman Brady: On May 9 and 17, 2018, the Committee on Energy and Commerce ordered favorably reported over 50 bills to address the opioid epidemic facing communities across our nation. Several of the bills were also referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.…”