And chairman gowdy, were honored to be a part of the House Oversight and government reform committees efforts find Meaningful Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic. Thank youall for being here today. It is no secret that were in the throws throws of a crisis thats reached Epic Proportions throughout our country. Baltimore is no exception. In 2016 we average nearly two fatal opioid overdoses in this city per day. This is a problem in desperate need of thoughtful answers. As both an anchor institution and steward of health care for our local communities, hopkins takes this problem very seriously. We see firsthand the devastation that substands care at our sister hospital to the east, the number of opioid Overdose Patients seen in our Emergency Departments doubled last year. Doubled. This crisis is very much a part of our reality. What are we doing about it . As an academic medical center, were addressing the issue through the lens of our mission of research, clinical care, and education. Firs
This is two hours and 10 minutes. Good afternoon, everyone. And welcome to hopkins. My name is Redonda Miller and as president of the hospital i have the pleasure of welcoming you all to the institution. As president i have had the immense pleasure and privilege of working with congressman Elijah Cummings on a variety of issues. We are grateful for his steadfast leadership nationally and on behalf of his local constituents here. We are truly lucky to count ourselves among those he excellently represented for more than two decades. Chairman, we are honored to be a part of the government reform committees efforts to find Meaningful Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic. Thank you all for being here today. It is no secret we are in the throws of a crisis that reached Epic Proportions in our country. Baltimore is no exception. In 2016, we averaged nearly two fatal opioid overdoses in the city per day. This is a problem in desperate need of thoughtful answers. As an anchor snugds and steward of
Good afternoon, everyone. And welcome to hopkins. My name is Redonda Miller and as president of the hospital i have the pleasure of welcoming you all to the institution. As president i have had the immense pleasure and privilege of working with congressman Elijah Cummings on a variety of issues. We are grateful for his steadfast leadership nationally and on behalf of his local constituents here. We are truly lucky to count ourselves among those he excellently represented for more than two decades. Chairman, we are honored to be a part of the government reform committees efforts to find Meaningful Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic. Thank you all for being here today. It is no secret we are in the throws of a crisis that reached Epic Proportions in our country. Baltimore is no exception. In 2016, we averaged nearly two fatal opioid overdoses in the city per day. This is a problem in desperate need of thoughtful answers. As an anchor snugds and steward of health care, hopkins takes this pr
And the Justice Department use of civil asset forfeiture. [applause] sen. Paul thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I have three boys, one of them with me. [applause] obamacare, you can keep it. [laughter] apparently, that is the republican message appeared raise your hand if you want to keep obamacare . Exactly. [laughter] nobody outside of washington who is a republican wants to keep it. What happened to these people . I heard them, we will repeal it. That sounds like all of it and then some. When we got up here, we decided to vote on a partial repeal and we lost eight people who voted for it one year ago. We started getting skinnier and voted on the we skinny repeal, what percentage of obamacare would be revealed repeal . 20 . And we lost people on that, they said it was too much, then they said it was too little the next repeal. It amazes me how people with a straight face and one republican alternative plan said that literally, if you like obamacare, you can keep it. Still one of thos
And the Justice Department use of civil asset forfeiture. [applause] sen. Paul thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I have three boys, one of them with me. [applause] obamacare, you can keep it. [laughter] apparently, that is the republican message appeared raise your hand if you want to keep obamacare . Exactly. [laughter] nobody outside of washington who is a republican wants to keep it. What happened to these people . I heard them, we will repeal it. That sounds like all of it and then some. When we got up here, we decided to vote on a partial repeal and we lost eight people who voted for it one year ago. We started getting skinnier and voted on the we skinny repeal, what percentage of obamacare would be revealed repeal . 20 . And we lost people on that, they said it was too much, then they said it was too little the next repeal. It amazes me how people with a straight face and one republican alternative plan said that literally, if you like obamacare, you can keep it. Still one of thos