James Lankford: “Senator Kaine and I have worked on the issue of assisted suicide. This is an issue that needs some oversight…”

“That was true in the first administration has not been true in this one. And then my final issue is Senator Kaine and I have worked on the issue of assisted suicide. This is an issue that needs some oversight, quite frankly, from HHS. a lot of our hospice entities, vulnerable populations. We've now identified multiple folks that have eating disorders that are getting access to prescription drugs for assisted suicide, mental health disorders that are getting access to assisted suicide.” (05:30–05:40)

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