Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Michigan (Mr. Mitchell) and my good friend from North Carolina (Mr. Meadows) for their leadership. But I particularly want to thank my good friend from Maryland (Mr. Cummings). Mr. Cummings is not only a legislative expert, but he is also a moral voice. He speaks with clarity and eloquence, as he did yesterday, about innocent children being detained at the southern border as an un- American activity, something that does not reflect our values. And today, he is lending that same moral voice to the crisis that afflicts so many communities in America: the opioid addiction crisis. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the Coordinated Response through Interagency Strategy and Information Sharing Act, or the CRISIS Act, to reauthorize and revamp the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The chairman and ranking member of our full committee worked closely together and with committee members to produce a bipartisan bill that was reported out of the committee unanimously. I am proud to be an original cosponsor of the CRISIS Act, which not only reauthorizes ONDCP, but also strengthens that office so that it has the resources it needs to coordinate an effective response to the opioid crisis. And that is something Mr. Cummings stressed. It is not good enough to do something symbolic. We have to ensure it is effective. ONDCP's responsibilities are to produce a national drug control strategy.…”