Senate Session
The Senate continued working on fast-track trade authority promotion legislation. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) spoke for app…
DURBIN: THERE HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE. BETWEEN 1993 AND 2015, 22-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, OXYCODONE PRODUCTION JUMPED 40 TIMES, FROM 3.5 TO… read more
DURBIN: THERE HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE. BETWEEN 1993 AND 2015, 22-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, OXYCODONE PRODUCTION JUMPED 40 TIMES, FROM 3.5 TONS TO OVER 150 TONS OF OXYCODONE APPROVED BY THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROCODONE WENT UP 12 TIMES. HYDROMORPHONE, 23 TIMES. AND FENTANYL, THE DRUG THAT KILLED PRINCE, 25 TIMES, WE ARE TRYING TO DESTROY THE OPIOID BEAST, AND YOU ARE FEEDING IT. DURBIM WINS BUY GOING AFTER THE CDC AND DOCTORS PRESCRIBING, MANCHIN LOSES TRYING TO MAKE A MONEY OFF THE SALE! close
The Senate continued working on fast-track trade authority promotion legislation. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) spoke for app…
Following leader remarks and a period of morning business, senators were to vote on the motion to proceed to H.R. 2578, …
The Senate convened for a legislative session. Business was postponed until the next day. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) …
Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) were sworn in by Vice President Biden during morning business. Both wo…