On the recordJune 12, 2018
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 2 minutes. Mr. Speaker, we heard about this issue in both the Health Subcommittee that I chair as well as the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on Energy and Commerce chaired by Mr. Gregg Harper. We had a roundtable of family members who had lost family due to the opioid crisis. They spoke very eloquently about this issue. Two in particular stand out, Gail Smith and Lisa Daniels, both mothers who had lost sons to the opioid crisis. Both sons had been brokered into recovery homes that really didn't have their best interests at heart and ultimately succumbed to their disease of addiction. This is significantly important legislation. I obviously encourage all of my colleagues to be supportive. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
