"You have got to reduce the fuel loads, in my opinion."
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"Protecting the health of horses is important to all of us in this room, and we know it evokes pretty strong passions."
"I appreciate the many steps that industry has taken to not only recognize and take responsibility for this issue..."
"We appreciate the hearing today because we will finally have an opportunity to review initiates aimed at improving federally sanctioned research on cannabis."
"Descheduling cannabis is a step too far and a step I cannot support because descheduling removes it from the Controlled Substances Act and cuts the DEA completely out of the picture."
"Research is the first step in making it easier to get our research on cannabis."
"As I was preparing for this, I noticed that in my biggest country in my district, they have a yellow alert up for opioids."
"For many years, as you have heard, the Energy and Commerce Committee, and this subcommittee, in particular, has been at the forefront of congressional efforts to address the opioid crisis."
"These early hearings helped inform our legislative work, including the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Act, or 'CARA.'"
"In my home state of Oregon, we have seen the results, a 3.1 percent reduction in opioid deaths based on the most recent statistics from the CDC."
"It is critical we fully understand the causes of the opioid epidemic in order to ensure that our solutions are the right ones."