Tim Murphy: “I want to make sure we have a standard here that has hopes of getting people off of substances.”

But in this time period of which it was available, I would assume that your addiction rate, your overdose and death rates have climbed, correct?

I know when I was prescribed a lot of fentanyl and other opiates when I had an injury in Iraq, nobody ever asked me about any other questions, just, take these, take these, take these.

The loss and destruction of Hurricane Harvey makes today's hearing even more important.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division F (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. For ``Substance Abuse and…