Tammy Baldwin actually said...

"I am encouraged by the FDA's increased attention to the growing epidemic of prescription opioid misuse and abuse and the need to improve treatment options for chronic pain."

"Maybe on an incidental basis, but if it was happening over a long period of time, that prescriptions were being sent to a home when somebody was a long-term inpatient, that would be----"

"It would track the negative urine test, but it would not necessarily--I did not get the answer on early refills."

"the problem of over-prescribing of opioids at the VA has led to tragic and real consequences for veterans, their families, and entire communities across our Nation."