[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 23, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             THE FIRST LADY

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, first, I want to acknowledge two 
notable events taking place in the Capitol today.
  As we speak, the First Lady of the United States is just down the 
hall for a special event related to our Nation's opioid epidemic, 
marking the progress that Congress and the administration have made in 
recent years and focusing our efforts on the work still ahead.
  I will have more to say on the subject tomorrow, which will mark the 
1-year anniversary of President Trump signing our landmark opioid 
legislation into law.
  I want to warmly welcome the First Lady to the Senate this morning 
and thank her for her continued focus on this crisis, which affects so 
many of our States. I offer these thanks not only as the majority 
leader but as the senior Senator from Kentucky, which has been hit hard 
by this epidemic.

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