Political Quotes

We are in one of the worst medical tragedies of our time, perhaps the worst.

This is the last of my amendments on this. Although this House overwhelmingly passed the authorization for these, as did the Senate, money was not allocated towards it. While I understand there is a priority to treat substance abuse, but…

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?

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.