Patrick Leahy actually said...

"Every state and every community in the country has been hit with the opioid epidemic. None of us can say we've escaped it."

"We've left too many veterans broken and in pain."

"Overprescribing opioid medications for chronic pain opens the door to addiction, overdose, suicide risk, and that devastates families and communities."

"We've left too many veterans broken and in pain. When we needed these brave men and women to return to battle, it was very easy just to prescribe opioids for pain management."