Political Quotes

I yield to the gentleman from Oklahoma. =========================== NOTE =========================== September 12, 2017, on page H7305, the following appeared: Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. I yield to the Oklahoma. The online version has…

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.

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…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 416. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Griffith The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by…