[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 32 (Monday, February 29, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1097]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3342. Mr. MANCHIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award 
grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse 
and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 705. MISSION STATEMENT OF THE FOOD AND DRUG 
                   ADMINISTRATION.

       The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
     the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, is directed to amend the 
     mission statement of the Food and Drug Administration to 
     include the following statement: ``The FDA is also 
     responsible for protecting the public health by strongly 
     considering the danger of addiction and overdose death 
     associated with prescription opioid medications when 
     approving these medications and when regulating the 
     manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of opioid 
     medications.''
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