so many people are being saved by this miracle drug called nalaxone or narcan. also others who may not be overdosing are not working. their families are broken apart. they are committing crimes to support their a -- addiction. so many americans are not achieving their god given purpose because of this addiction epidemic gripping this country. the debate on the floor we've had over the past week has been very interesting. to me it's the first time in decades that this congress has taken up this issue in this manner. mr. portman: we have had a very open debate on addiction policy. what does it mean? i think what you've heard members say on both sides of the aisle is that we have learned a lot about addiction over the years and that addiction now is viewed by most as a disease, an illness, like other illnesses, it needs treatment. and i think that's a very important change you see in terms of how we address this issue and the policy before us today, that's on this floor that i hope we'll vote on within the next 12 hours or so represents a change of thinking about t