the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. yesterday morning we learned that for members of the trump campaign, mr. manafort, his one-time campaign chairman and mr. gates, a close associate of manafort's, were indicted on a dozen charges as part of special counsel mueller's investigation, including money laundering, a conspiracy to commit fraud, and a conspiracy against the united states. the fact that the activity in question took place partially before the trump campaign offered mr. coman fort the role -- manafort the role of chairman in no way diminishes the gravity of the situation. if anything, it suggests that the trump campaign was negligent in hiring as its chairman a man who is an unregistered foreign agent working for a pro-russian proxy party in ukraine. that man is now alleged to have been laundering large sums of money and concealing his identity as a foreign agent to the f.b.i. and department of justice, including during his time...

and justice for all. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: the opioid crisis is hurting communities across our country. its challenges are complex and its causes are many. as i said last week, no single bill or program is going to solve this crisis on its own. only a sustained, committed effort can do that. that's been my view over the years that i've been involved in this issue. from the first time i invited the white house drug czar to eastern kentucky to see the challenges posed by prescription drug abuse firsthand to my work on other initiatives like passing a law to help address the tragedy of babies born addicted to drugs. this is also what i believed is the republican-led worked hard to pass important legislation like jessi's law, the 21st century cures act, and the comprehensive addiction and recovery act in the last congress. i believe president trump took the same view as he announced another important step last week by...