Crime

On Tuesday, during National Police Week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed S. 125, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015, unanimously by voice vote.

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13), today applauded House passage of H.R. 5046, the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016 which passed by a vote of 413-5. The Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016 authorizes $103 million per year from Fiscal Year 2017 through 2021 for the creation of the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program. The program would provide competitive grants to states and local governments to expand services that address the growing rate of opioid abuse and overdose deaths.

I am pleased to rise in support of H.R. 5046, the "Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016." H.R. 5046 is an important complement to a wide-range of legislation being considered in the House this week that is aimed at combating the devastating impact of drug abuse and addiction that is afflicting communities across our Nation.

We are in the midst of a major public health crisis caused by prescription and opioid abuse. It is a crisis that affects Americans of all ages, races, and income levels in our cities, suburbs, and rural areas across the United States.

TUESDAY, MARCH 22

10:15 a.m. Full Committee Markup

2141 Rayburn House Office Building

H.R. 4771, the "Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2016" (Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz.): This bill sets conditions for lawsuits arising from health care liability claims. The CBO estimates that the reforms contained in the bill would lower health care costs by an estimated $40 billion over a ten-year period.