This has been quite an enlightening panel. I have been writing down some of your recommendations.

We need more providers who are trained and experienced with mental illness, severe mental illness, and addiction.

Let me state clearly so as to leave no room for doubt: Our current strategy just isn't working, and I am not going to stop until we start moving in the direction of success, defined not just as getting individuals off of street drugs and…

Each and every year, I have spent Super Bowl Sunday in a soup kitchen, working alongside and serving individuals of the addiction recovery community.

I believe in recovery. I believe in lives being restored so that every individual may live to their full God-given potential and do so drug free.

No treatment option is perfect, and I strongly support further research that will help us create more effective treatments.

We are not going to end this opioid epidemic by increasing the use of opioids.

I am puzzled and amazed to read one particular priority included in their press release, and I quote, 'Exploring bipartisan policy changes to increase use of buprenorphine and developing the training to assist prescribing.'

The immediate tragedy here isn't that some individuals won't be able to taper off maintenance medications, it is that most won't even be able to access an evidence-based treatment modality.

Just talk therapy in a general concept isn't going to work, it has to be very focused with someone who understands addiction.

I consider opioid maintenance as a bridge to cross over in addiction recovery, not a final destination.

We want to know what to do here because this deadly epidemic is something that we have to address.

We have to set our eyes on the goal of full recovery, not just addiction maintenance.

I believe in recovery. I believe in lives being restored and every individual living up to their full God-given potential and doing so drug-free.

Of all the nations of the world, America consumes the most opium, in one form or another.

I think this is good news. We will want to work with them.

We continue our oversight series today by listening to law enforcement and public health officials who are working at the on the front lines to protect our communities and our families in this national epidemic.

I believe it directly incorporates the minimum requirements set forth in your December final rule.

Are you concerned as well that that basically means we are going to punt our authority here by relying on the courts for enforcement?

So this is a big challenge for Congress. It is going to require continued investment and commitment in Congress and in industry.

But my colleague, Renee Ellmers, and I have started the Grid Innovation Caucus.

It is imperative that we establish a clear understanding of the issues we face.

This morning, Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy and I outlined a vision for real bipartisan mental health reform. Our legislation will have some differences but also many similarities. Both will fix the shortage of psychiatric beds; get…

And I hope you will pay attention to law, which says it has to be adequately demonstrated.

You are aware that the partially funded Kemper Project is $3 billion over budget?