I rise today to celebrate the life and work of Mary Babula. For 44 years, Mary was a tireless and passionate advocate for children and early childhood educators and a valued resource for policymakers. I was fortunate to work closely with…

today I wish to recognize Larry MacDonald as he retires from the city of Bayfield, WI, after an impressive 20 years as the city's mayor. Since his election in 1994, Larry has dedicated himself to improving the city of Bayfield and making…

the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) program keeps shrinking.

We need the same thing. I can assure you, Senator, that when the pilot is over, we will make sure that naloxone is at every one of our ports of entry.

It cannot just be another Federal mandate like, you got to do this and it needs to come from underneath within the health systems.

the breakdown of those public safety institutions, that impunity, that is driven by our insatiable demand for drugs, and it is important for us to recognize that.

So, that is the wisdom of the legislation.

Resources need to come too. Because all of the treatment programs in the world unfunded will not provide the care and support that people need.

Is it because of lack of professionals to staff them or lack of local resources, State resources, national resources to fund them, lack of insurance coverage, all of the above?

the more access to that, the better.

The problem I have with legislation, State and especially Federal, is once it is in place, it is never going to get repealed.

we obviously need to put a huge exclamation point behind these new guidelines.