There will never be a Turkey in Europe until Europe comes to grip with a sense of national identity.

Thanks for the 2-year budget.

What we have now does not make sense, so we need to do something different.

I do not think you can deal with a balance sheet if you just put, you know, a blindfold on one eye and say, 'I am just going to look at one-half of the balance sheet.'

It is good to have you with us.

I think we need to stay focused on those fundamental pieces. That is going to take quite a while.

Eighty percent of the deficit effect of the act we passed at year-end 2015 was on the tax expenditure side, not on the spending side.

Thank you for that 2-year budget. Thank you for two 2-year budgets in a row. You have given us some certainty that we need.

If Aleppo then falls into the hands--back into the hands of Assad, estimates are, we could see another 500,000 refugees show up in Turkey, which would just be devastating, for many reasons.

We saw some real opportunities.

Would it be valuable if the Senate ratified the Law of the Sea Convention, again, in terms of our posture in the region?

They do more joint military exercises with the United States than with any other Nation.

Prescription opioids are a problem in every county, every zip code.

There is still some kind of stigma issues, right, that we have to deal with across the range.

We need to educate them that you cannot--if you did not use them, get rid of them.

Eighty percent of patients who had a non-fatal overdose were able to go back and get additional opioids prescribed by their caregiver.

Thank you for shining a spotlight on this aspect of the heroin and prescription drug epidemic that we are facing in Virginia.

It is a very, very significant challenge.

You may miss an opportunity.

I would like to have that report with the Virginia specific data and have it submitted in the record of this hearing.

This epidemic is really one that is going to require a comprehensive approach, and part of that is going to include removing the stigma around addiction.

Congress could also make a difference by passing the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, which would designate up to $80 million to advancing substance abuse prevention and treatment in State and local communities.

I think one of the issues that I had not focused on so much until your testimony today is the consequences of opioids on things like falls, or heart risk, or other risk to organs.

most law enforcement that I speak to recognize that it is also a public health issue as much as it is law enforcement

We need comprehensive increases in rates, and we need providers to start offering this life-saving treatment.