I think that word has acquired much more powerful meaning now as applied to these drugs.
I am also a cosponsor of several pieces of legislation that would move us in the right direction.
Senator Wyden and I have been working together on bipartisan legislation that would provide the States the flexibility to use Federal child ...
Senators Toomey and Portman have a very thoughtful bipartisan bill with Senators Casey and Brown that would provide Medicare with an importa...
Let me conclude by saying that the opioid epidemic is a complex problem that needs a multifaceted solution.
Access to cheap, highly potent heroin on the streets has become, by comparison, very cheap and easy.
I appreciate the efforts that Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Wyden have put into developing this legislation.
Deaths associated with opioids have quadrupled over the last 12 years to an astounding 78 deaths a day.
a referral to a wait list, to me, is probably a pathway to heroin if that wait list is awfully long.
I compliment Senator Portman for his work on that, and others with him.
I applaud Senators Toomey and Portman for their leadership on this legislation, and I hope we can move it very soon.