Our contention is not that medication alone is the answer. We really need to have it in conjunction with cognitive behavioral therapy and with peer support. And that needs to be reimbursed [by health insurers], because it shows huge reductions in overall spending.

You don't fight cancer with grants, or heart disease with grants.

People are going to keep getting prescribed medication that is counter to what their real disease state is, which is addiction.

I am a recovering alcoholic.

Moreover, as the leadership of the House confirmed last year, the Administration remains opposed to a congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide due to Turkish objections. This approach sends absolutely the wrong signal to Turkey and to the rest of the world.

A staggering 63 percent of Americans say that addiction to alcohol or other drugs has had an impact on them at some point in their lives.

My state has the highest child poverty rate in all of New England, above the national average.