I support H.R. 5605, the ``Advancing High Quality Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Medicare Act.'' This important bill provides applicable beneficiaries increased access to opioid use disorder treatment services and will improve…

I, too, rise to commemorate Juneteenth, as a Texan and one who acknowledges that it was my State, 153 years ago, June 19, 1865, where General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and announced the freedom of the last American slaves…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania, and, as well, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee. We worked on this, and I am glad that our staff was able to communicate. I think it is…

Again, let me indicate that I appreciate the gentleman's concern. I am concerned that simply a negligence standard would be the standard for judging a defendant under this particular amendment: should have known the substance was intended…

Let me just very quickly thank the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Raskin) and Mr. Griffith. I am delighted to join them, and I will simply say it is equally essential that science has a role in this very complex process to ensure the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 9 (and redesignate provisions accordingly). The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this is a 5-minute vote on the passage of the bill will be followed by a 5-minute vote on the question of agreeing to the…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 223, noes 158, not voting 46, as follows: [Roll No. 267] AYES--223 Abraham Aderholt Aguilar Allen Amodei Arrington Babin…

My amendment is simple. It restores the commission's jurisdiction over the Federal sentencing guidelines as originally granted by Congress in 1984. The United States Sentencing Commission has been working to address the seriousness and…

While SITSA provides some relief for researchers who already have a schedule I or II registration to proceed with schedule A research, SITSA does not provide accommodations necessary to ensure researchers can obtain drug samples for…

There is one person in the United States that can stop the mean-spirited separation of children at the border of my State. The vileness of separating babies as young as 6 months, babies who are breastfeeding, is at the feet, the hands…