Political Quotes

“I thank Chairman Walden and Ranking Member Pallone for their leadership in working with us on a bipartisan basis for this important package. We all know the stories and have heard the stories time and again from our businesses, from our schools, from families visiting us, and we know this epidemic is hitting everybody. So I appreciate the opportunity to join together with my colleagues today to address this important issue. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my bill, H.R. 5473, the Better Pain Management Through Better Data Act, and I would like to thank Representative Ben Ray Lujan for joining me in making this a bipartisan effort as an introduction as it went through committee, and now here as we are continuing to address this on the floor. Opioid addiction we know is plaguing our communities all across the country, creating victims, devastating families, and creating economic ruin. Long-term solutions to combating this crisis depend upon safety with existing therapies and deployment of novel next generation therapies. We need to ensure the policy and regulatory environment allows for greater adoption and use of less addictive treatments. This legislation will facilitate better clinical data on nonopioid alternatives so that doctors have more prescribing options and fewer opioids are prescribed in the first place, lowering the risk of addiction.…”