Bob Casey

Let me conclude by saying that the opioid epidemic is a complex problem that needs a multifaceted solution.

Senators Toomey and Portman have a very thoughtful bipartisan bill with Senators Casey and Brown that would provide Medicare with an important tool in the fight against opioid abuse.

Senator Wyden and I have been working together on bipartisan legislation that would provide the States the flexibility to use Federal child welfare funds to address issues of substance abuse and other risk factors.

I've introduced legislation along with Senator Michael Bennet to maintain the existing 50 percent rule for two more years.

On the bad news side, you have been asked, I know, several times about the opioid problem, a terribly significant problem in our State.

I appreciate your work on this.

I have two questions, and I will get to them quickly, but I hate to pass up the opportunity to report some good news.

That's why Senators Toomey, Kaine, Portman, and I have introduced the 'Stopping Medication Abuse and Protecting Seniors Act.'

Now, it seems like it defies common sense that under the Treasury reg, and certainly the statute, whether you use the word 'exclusively' or 'primarily' for the promotion of social welfare, do you have any idea how you would classify one of…

Access to affordable childcare child is essential for all working Americans, which is why I am glad to see the President re-proposed a policy I have championed in the Senate to increase the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit.

A lot of people are saying, well, the leadership in Congress and the White House has kind of put this off.

I certainly support what you are trying to achieve in higher education to make it more affordable for American families.

So, if it was good enough for Trump, it is good enough for the people of Puerto Rico?

The two fundamental problems we have are, one, we have two tax codes--one for the wealthy and one for the rest of us.

You cannot talk tough on terrorism and not confirm Adam Szubin, who is the leader on this issue in your department.

Nobody who works full-time should live in poverty.

If we do not, we are going to continue to lose more people overseas.

I think the biggest problem is just that companies are not competitive.

Great. We appreciate that, because that helps to give folks a place to go.

I am hoping that that can be moved to April 1st pursuant to the law.

The most important change would be to enact a Federal mandate that all businesses without a plan automatically enroll their employees in an IRA.

We have this strange disconnect between the data on the business page looking a lot better... and yet all the other information about people's sense of the future... is way down.

I think the innovator companies feel it is their duty to their stockholders to delay competition as long as possible.

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much.

We know it is not perfect, but we also cannot walk away from the problem, as some seem to want to do.