[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 2886]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               COMPREHENSIVE ADDICTION AND RECOVERY BILL

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, we are certainly pleased we are going to 
pass this opioid bill shortly. Everyone should understand that the bill 
would have had some meat if, in fact, we had an opportunity to adopt 
the Shaheen amendment. It would have funded the authorization that we 
are now talking about.
  My friend always talks about the $470 million. That has already been 
obligated. That was last year's obligation to take care of this issue. 
This authorization bill has no money. For my friend to say we have $470 
million is certainly not a factual statement.

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