That is very helpful; thank you.

This opioid and, frankly, a larger substance use disorder crisis is hitting every State.

In one rural county I was in back in August... the coroner saying we do not have enough places to put the bodies.

Once a person is subject to guardianship, the restoration of rights is, unfortunately, extraordinarily rare.

I want to thank Chairman Collins for holding this important hearing today.

Mr. Slayton, one of the things that our 2015 legislation did that has not been addressed already...

In Pennsylvania---- they have developed a tracking system, a guardianship tracking system that is actually being implemented this year.

This is obviously both a complicated issue but an issue of great consequence to the people affected.

While guardianship is supposed to be protective, and might sometimes be necessary, it can also bring a loss of rights.

in 2018 not one single state in the country can identify its people under guardianship--incomprehensible in the Information Age

I know we are almost out of time, but does anyone else on the panel want to comment on these issues?

China has made no secret about its strategy to push the rules to their limit and, when advantageous, break those rules outright.

The trifecta in the quilt in China is what you alluded to, Senator Casey, which is the practice in China of making commitments that they do not ultimately keep.

The wage impact is substantial.

In 2003, I worked with my congressional colleagues to ensure that CAPTA was written so that this, quote, 'appropriate referral,' unquote, and the development of a Plan of Safe Care for the infant was not wrongly interpreted as Congress…

I want to thank you and Ranking Member Murray for the work you've done, not only to bring us to this point with regard to the Opioid Crisis Response Act but also the hearings that have been undertaken over many weeks now.

I'm also grateful for the additional $60 million in funding that was included in the omnibus for CAPTA at my request.

Neither party, in my judgment, has had a strategy, and neither party has focused on a way forward.

Companies in China have been unable to develop this technology and were under pressure from their domestic car companies to get it, so their government stole it for them.

No city in the United States can claim to have the recipe for how to recover from huge job loss.

The U.S. needs a sustained and coordinated strategy to address the threat posed by China.

Everyone loses if we do not confront China.

I think for too long, we have been in a surrender mode.

I wanted to pay tribute to my colleague Thad Cochran as he retires from the Senate after almost 40 years of service. Former Senator Margaret Chase Smith once said, ``Public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It…

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