Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. It has been quite a week. This week the House has passed 18 bills designed to address various facets of America's opioid epidemic. Most recently, yesterday, the House passed by an overwhelming 413-5 vote the Judiciary Committee's flagship bill. H.R. 5046, which was authored by Crime Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner, creates a comprehensive Justice Department grant program to provide States with the resources needed to fight opioid addiction. It authorizes $103 million a year for 5 years for the grant program. It allocates precious resources responsibly by leveraging and streamlining existing programs and fully offsetting the legislation in compliance with the House's CutGo protocol. In addition to that bill, the House passed four other Judiciary Committee bills this week to address drug abuse and protect American people. H.R. 5052, the OPEN Act, increases the transparency and accountability of the comprehensive opioid abuse grant program in H.R. 5046 by requiring grantees to report on the use of grant funds and requiring a publicly available analysis of whether the grants have achieved their intended purposes. H.R. 4985, the Kingpin Designation Improvement Act, protects classified information from disclosure when a drug kingpin challenges his designation as such in a Federal court. H.R.…”