We have a great group of members who are here and i know everybodys got a lot of different commitments this morning. We are also eager to hear from our witnesses and talk about a critical issue facing our country. Its really a crisis in our communities and its getting worse, not better and the crisis is this Opioid Epidemic. The country is being gripped by it. My state is in many states are. Its in every corner of my state. Earlier this month in ohio, there was a near fatal but now overdose following a routine traffic stop. He p he noticed there was white powder spread around the car. He did the right thing. He put on his mask and gloves, arrested some individuals,s, went back to the Police Station and noticed it on his shirt there was some powder so he reached up like this and brush the powder off his shirt. This guy is 6foot three, 225 pounds. A big man. He fell to the floorimmedi unconscious in overdose. They administered narcan immediately but it wasnt enough. Wapi they had to rush
Its a crisis. It doesnt discriminate. Its in every corner of my state. Earlier this month a Police Officer named chris green in east liverpool, ohio, had a near fatal fentanyl overdose following a routine traffic stop. He went up to a car and noticed there was white powder spread around the car. He put on his mask and gloves, arrested some individuals, went back to the police station, and noticed that on his shirt there was some powder. He reached up like this and brushed the powder off his shirt. This guy is 63, 225 pounds, big man. And he fell to the floor unconscious and overdosed. They administered narcan immediately but it wasnt enough. They had to rush him to the hospital, where two more narcan doses were administered. And luckily his life was saved. His police chief said he would have died he had been alone. His police chief said, what if he had gone home with that powder on his shirt and hugged his kid . Thats just an example of what were facing. Its an obvious its obviously de
Individual, went back to the Police Station and noticed on his shirt was some powder. He brushed the powder off the shirt, he is 6 foot 3, 225 pounds am a big man, he fell to the floor unconscious from overdose. They administered antidote immediately but it wasnt enough, rushed him to the hospital where two more doses were administered and luckily his life was saved. He would have died had he been alone. What if he had gone home with that power on his shirt and hugged his kid . That is just an example of what we are facing. Obviously a devastating to our communities and families but also creating quite a danger for Law Enforcement and First Responders. Sentinel is 35 to 50 times more powerful than heroin, a lethal dose to of 20 mg, we were able to show a tiny amount of fenton all can be deadly and we know about other synthetic drugs, this is getting worse as i said, the number of overdoses and deaths have increased dramatically, the director of National Intelligence included synthetic
Ideas like having voucher order personalize Social Security so people have a stake in this great country. Think about ownership. They want capital. Capital is ownership and when you think about markets, markets is ownership. Social security is one way we can reform it and permanent personalize it into people can have a stake the Congressional Black Caucus stands in the way of every idea today and must be stopped. Host star parker, blind conceit politics, policy and racial polar asize. Modifying forward to save america. Theres the cover. This is booktv on cspan2. Next, dived vine talked in the 800 military bases the u. S. Maintains around the world and question weather they are necessary help reports that maintaining these bases costs thest taxpayers 100 billion per year. [inaudible conversations] good evening, im bradley graham. The cooregon of politic and prose, and on behalf of the entire staff, thank you. Its terrific to see so many people here. We kind of underestimated. Thats wond
To the u. S. Taxpayers a year to maintain these bases. Good evening, i am bradley graham, the coowner of politics and prose, on behalf of the staff, thank you. It is terrific to see so many people out here. We underestimated a little bit. That is wonderful. I hear like half of American University is here. And there is a good chunk of people from sid well as well where david used to go to school. A few quick administrative notes. Now is a good time to turn off our cell phones or anything that might go beep later. When we get to the q a part of the session, try to make your way to the microphone because we have cspan, booktv here, and we would like to pick up your question on the tape. And at the end, before you rush up here to get all of your books signed, our staff would appreciate it if you would fold up up the chairs you are seated in and lean them against a pillar or book case somewhere. It is really, really a pleasure to be hosting david vine this evening. David is an associate pro