Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

I encourage the committee to approve this important and bipartisan bill.

Our work centered on simple things like making pain a fifth vital sign, recorded by the medical establishment.

The costs that come with chronic pain are enormous, and they are not just health care costs measured in dollars. They are also human costs m...

This is hitting home in Rhode Island, and so I'm very grateful to you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing.