Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute. I do want to remind everyone that 18 months ago, in the previous Congress, with the passage of the 21st Century Cures Act and the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Act, CARA, $1 billion was made available for treating people with substance use disorder. That was then supplemented with the passage of the more recent appropriations bill last month--2 months ago, with $4 billion. {time} 1100 Unprecedented amounts of money have been made available in the last 18 months to combat this crisis. And then, finally, it is very, very difficult to integrate care if you don't reform the 42 CFR part 2, which is before us today. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, again, none of what we are doing here today is going to matter if the Republicans and the Trump administration are successful in cutting Medicaid and in basically removing the guarantee that people who have preexisting conditions cannot be denied insurance. I mean, if the Trump administration is successful, individuals with preexisting conditions all across the country, including individuals suffering from opioid use disorders, both in the individual and in the employer market, could face a denial of coverage or skyrocketing premiums beyond anything anybody could afford. I don't get it. I don't understand the hypocrisy here.…”