The amendment has passed in both the House and the Senate Appropriations Committee, thanks to co sponsorship from Representative Carol Miller and support in the Senate from Senator Shelley Moore. Capito? Now the bill awaits a vote to move past the House floor. So I feel highly confident once we get this appropriations bill done, the language is absolutely going to carry. and we're going to be taking some of the first, I think, substantive steps, at least on the federal level, to address this crisis. (01:15–01:23)
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