09/18/2017
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"When we held a hearing about a year ago, I was very interested in the discussions that the Committee and the witness panel had about root causes of the surge that we experienced in 2014."
"the increasing frequency of oil trains passing through their communities as a catastrophic disaster waiting to happen."
"On the issue of proper treatment for pain, Secretary McDonald, not only do we have to crack down on inappropriate use of opioids and benzodiazepines, we have to increase the alternatives to narcotics ..."
"I look forward to working with the members of this subcommittee on a number of steps we can take, including legislation and programmatic initiatives to correct these failures, to improve the quality o..."