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Cspan. The Senate Health Committee Last week held a hearing on the federal response to the nations opioid epidemic. Witnesses include National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins and food and Drug Administration commissioner scott gottlieb. The Senate Committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will please come to order. Todays hearing is about the Opioid Crisis we are facing and what the federal government is doing about it. Senator murray and i will each have an opening state...

Chief berry, thank you for that introduction, because it was brief, and thats what i like. At this point one way or another people know who i am. And let me also thank our outstanding mayor of the city of chicago, rahm emanuel for hosting us. I know that thousands of you from federal, state, county, local and tribal agencies have been working hard to share strategies and solutions to better serve and protect all of us. And we are profoundly grateful for you work. I do hope that youve gotten a li...

To officer stacy. Because when the video of the encounter went viral, folks across the country began calling the Tarrant Police department asking how they could help too. And the woman later said shed been blessed with manna from heaven, all because of one officers kindness. He pushed my world in the right direction, the woman said, and i will never forget it. Thats america at its best. Thats some good police work. [ applause ] thats what so many of you represent. I thank you for the work you do...

Lo rot. One thing i will say on that, congress wrote this so it would be an educational process. First year you get a tap and next year its a bigger tap and by the third year its a pretty big tap. People will be getting their w2s in january and theyre going to work on their taxes and theyre realize sometime in february, march or april, but not only do they owe 1 of their income for this year, but theyre also going to owe 325 per adult, almost 1,000 per family if its a large family, and or 2 of t...

Care they need. I would just add quickly that the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is currently reworking its model act on Network Adequacy includes addressing the question of provider directories and holding 2 1 2 hours of Conference Calls every week which i think is unprecedented in my experience. The state regulators who are ultimately responsible for this are very aware that there is an issue here that needs to be addressed. Commercial alert. The alliance will be holding webin...

Not necessarily retiring from professional activity, but transitioning into a lessdemanding role. I plan to spend a lot of my time writing and look forward to that opportunity. But i feel that its really a great time to pass the baton to the next leader because the college is in such a strong position. We have had a very Successful Campaign as was mentioned. Our goal was 150 million. And we raised 158 million. Our alumni have really rallied around the institution. We have the highest alumni Part...

Looks like her already in such a role. So theres a lot of opportunity for mentorship a lot of opportunity for inspiration. And as you mentioned Morehouse College is across the street which means we really have the best of both worlds. Theres plenty of opportunity for coed interact if thats what you want to have. But in the classroom, youre at the center of the experience, as i said. And i think that makes a huge difference for young women giving them lots of confidence and the sense that they tr...

To sustain this force . I think the small investment for the Afghan Security forces continues to provide the ability to protect our country and provide for a more stable afghanistan. A safer afghanistan is a safer United States. I dont know what 3. 8 billion is of the total federal budget, probably not a lot but it is a lot to me but i think the return on that investment is a norm us. We keep their army is enormous. We keep their army intact and they will keep fighting. The president suggested t...

The form of non v. A. Care and choice care to get this right. If i can make two quick observations. Youre absolutely spot on. First of all we have to force ourselves to make certain decisions about what care can be most efficiently delivered in the community. So weve talked before my example the chairman remembers optometry. Why would we send a veteran 100 miles to get his eyes checked and get some glasses . We can do that anywhere. We wouldnt we routinely be referring that out to the community ...

Disease and you dont have money to treat them and, frankly, i think its time to talk to the manufacturer of this drug and ask them if they are being very generous in providing these drugs, hepatitis c drugs, for free. Very generous. For whatever reasons they are doing that. But maybe at a time when their profits are soaring, maybe they might want to respect the veterans of this country who might die or become much sicker because they dont have access to this wonderful product. And as senator blu...