Sheldon Whitehouse

We have solved it before.

I have been fuming at reading these stories about these price hikes and I am really grateful to you for joining with Senator McCaskill in leading this hearing.

There is competition and you let the market do its thing.

It strikes me that that is not being done just out of a charitable spirit.

We clearly here are at a historic moment, and there will be a day when you get your apology, Dr. Titley, for being kind of the sacrificial lamb here, like Galileo, standing up for actual science.

Using RICO was effective at taking down the tobacco industry.

That is why our national security, military, and intelligence leaders have warned that a changing climate can worsen the tensions that are fueling terrorism and conflicts around the world.

Today, a growing global danger lies in the cascading impacts of climate change.

Your colleague, Senator Whitehouse, is among those who favor criminal penalties for those who disagree with him on climate policy.

I would ask, for the record, if you have the time and inclination, look at the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, which I have co-authored along with a great number of candidates.

We've tried in Congress to get mental health services, which include addiction services, treated more in parity with traditional physical health services.

Should we be reviewing whether 42 CFR, Part 2, and its privacy provisions are an impediment to coordinated care?

I really want to focus on the question of coordination among the States, because that's really where we can be most useful.

I would also like to ask a question for the record of the Chamber of Commerce, which is present here in the form of Mr. Eule.

I think the point I am trying to make here is that the so-called voices of the business community that we are seeing here are in fact the voices of the fossil fuel industry.

I would also like to put into the record a recent press story called 'The Koch ATM,' which reports that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce received $2 million from Freedom Partners.

You'd be looking along the lines of regulating technologies that could actually have a direct physical effect on the human body, as opposed to just getting information that causes you to think that, 'Oh, gosh, my heart's better, so I'm not…

I hope that as you go forward with your responsibilities in the space of apps and communications technology that are adapted to measuring health effects that you'll recognize that, in many respects, this is a very valuable and robust…

Do you agree that we need that other pathway? You said that was the opinion at the FDA. Is that your opinion as well?

I would be glad to speak with the Senator from Georgia about that because he may find we agree more than we disagree.

Before that matter is settled, reserving the right to object, I will be speaking for about 15 minutes. If one of you is going to be quicker than that, particularly significantly quicker--not 14 minutes--I would be happy to yield and let…

Along with a bipartisan group of Senators including Senators Portman, Klobuchar, and Ayotte, I introduced a bill earlier this year called the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (S. 524).

I congratulate Senator Vitter on the passage of the bill and would remark on the support for it by Senator Booker and Senator Menendez on our side of the aisle. ____________________

This legislation would promote cooperation among key government agencies, such as DEA and FDA.

My team was led by Emily Enderle, who leads my environmental team. She has terrific credibility in the environmental community, and she knows these laws very well, but even with that it was an enormously complicated task. This was a big…