Political Quotes

Make no mistake. The terms 'combating' and 'battles' are entirely appropriate; our nation is in the midst of a tremendous fight against death and devastation affecting every corner of our nation.

I want to speak on this amendment, which provides some additional funding for assisted outpatient treatment. The underlying bill has in it $15 million, and we are asking for it to be raised to $20 million. First of all, I want to say where…

Let me add to this. Yes, there was money in the Cures bill for opioid abuse for 59,000 people who had died from drug overdoses, but 350,000 people will die this year related to mental health problems. I want to make sure that Congress is…

In 2015, there were more than 52,000 deaths from drug overdose in the U.S., with more than 33,000 deaths involving an opioid.