Efforts to combat the Opioid Epidemic. Public Health Officials from five states testified on prescription take backs, needle exchanges, and access to opioid overdose drugs. Subcommittee of oversight investigations is holding a hearing entitled a Public Health emergency, state efforts to curb the Opioid Crisis. The purpose of todays hearing is to examine state efforts and successes addressing the Opioid Epidemic as well as opportunities for future support. Just to let everyone know, the reason were getting a little late, the plane was delayed but now dr. Scott is on her way. So, we will swear in the witnesses when we get to that point. If we have to do that one later, we will. The chairman will now recognize herself for an Opening Statement. As i said, today, the committee continues this bipartisan efforts to combat the Opioid Crisis. As we know, the countrys in the midst of an epidemic unlike any in recent history. According to the centers for Disease Control and prevention, from 1999
A journalist an investigative journalist to find these crimes you could have tuned into our show or matt there were a lot of great journalists writing about all the crimes that did happen but they didnt get punished you know andrew yang actually has a radical idea for dealing with this in the future and yang says that if he were to become president that he would pass the Public Protection against market abuse act and this would create mandatory minimum jail sentences for financial crimes and of course we know that it was Biden Clinton those sorts that passed those mandatory minimum sentences for crimes in the hood this would bring it down to wall street but also they would be mandatory minimum jail sentences for c. E. O. s and this is the radical part the largest individual domestic shareholders should shareholders be responsible for these crimes at these banks and i think wiping them out would be. And thats what happened to citibank all these bad the big banks were all basically bankr
Sufficient. And thats what would have happened to citibank all these but the big banks were all basically bankrupt citibank and bank of america. All of the big mortgage fraud banks had 0 net worth they had negative equity the shareholders should have been wiped out eric holder said what about the wives of the shareholders and the little kids they would have suffered and its worth sacrificing the whole economy its worth a depression for 10 years so that the wife of the shareholder in the little kid school wont suffer but they still have negative equity negative net worth to make that work though they have been reduced negative Interest Rates to somehow make negative that worth palatable in some strange way but going back to the 1929 crash and then the pechora commission as it was called in many bankers went to jail and then introduced many reforms like the last eagle alike other reforms that were aimed at getting rid of the abuses that. Come when as even and smith said when you put 3 bu
Lets stay with the too big to fail too big to jail because when barack obama came into office he had the opportunity to punish these crimes and the voters wanted that thats why they voted for him he didnt randi why did he not do this eric holder as attorney general is comment about that some of claim that he was too close to some of these groups as a corporate attorney we did not have for a moment like they did in the past with the peugeot hearings the wheeler hearings when f. D. R. Was president you had a series of hearings that actually dealt with the crash of 1029 i thought in america in 20092010 we have the same thing and we did not of course f. D. R. Hired a journalist an investigative journalist to find these crimes you could have tuned into our show or there were a lot of great journalists writing about all the crimes that did happen it did but they didnt get punished you know andrew yang actually has a radical. I for dealing with this in the future and yang says that if he were
[inaudible conversations] good morning the subcommittee will now come to order. Welcome to everyone that is here in the hearing room. The chair now recognizes herself for an opening statement. According to dhs National Survey on drug use, 44 million americans reported using cannabis in the last year. Thirtythree states now allow the medicinal use of cannabis and in the district of columbia have legalized for adult use. State laws and federal policy are 1000 miles apart. The federal governments still strictly prohibits even restricting legitimate medical research. Widespread availability of cannabis is the purpose of the hearing to examine the pressing need for medical research of cannabis and the chemical compound with cbd being one of them. Half a century ago the congress listed cannabis as schedule one substance including heroin heroine, lsd, and ecstasy. Schedule one drugs have no medical value in high potential for abuse. Scheduled to drugs such as cocaine and vicodin even schedule