2. Well hear from representatives from u. S. Postal service, state department, dea and customs. This hearing will come to order. Thank you all for being here. Todays hearing continues subcommittee on investigations work to combat the Opioid Epidemic gripping our communities across the country. A bipartisan report on opioid related fraud, abuse and part d medical program. Subcommittee held a hearing on buying elicit opioids over the internet and shipping them to the United States through the mail. The Opioid Crisis, sadly, continues to get worse, not better. Last month, the center for Disease Control reported that more than 63,000 americans died in 2016 from Drug Overdoses. Indications are that number increased in 2017. These Overdose Deaths are shocking. The number of deaths continue to grow. My own home state of ohio, we were told recently is now second in the country in terms of Overdose Deaths. Its heartbreaking. And increasingly, these overdoses are due to a synthetic heroin, illeg
Him and overcoming difficulty. The opioid explosion, were on the line as the dogs sniff it out in the mail room. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Sex always will be an important part of the book because sex is probably the single thing that men are most interested in. America remembers a cultural icon. What i tried to do from the very beginning was to give sex a good name. The ultimate playboy hugh hefner has died at the age of 91. Its time for a change, kids. You know youre up for it. A lot of it is caught in a bottleneck waiting to get out. This is a revolutionary change. President trump unveiled a sweeping new tax plan. Is the senate going to get it done . Wed better get it done. And the answer is yes. The university of louisville now placing its head basketball coach rick pitino on an unpaid leave. I think its the beginning of the end for the ncaa. An suv was caught in Running Water with the driver trapped inside. All that the championship
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Why the reopening came several weeks earlier than expected. Parts of the keys are still severely damaged and remain closed to visitors. National anthem appropriate tests resumed today as nfl players took the field in london and across the u. S. Some are demonstrating against racial injustice. Many are showing solidarity. Here is tony dokoupil. Last gleaming National Anthem come pose add mid conflict. For a docked on week it was performed amid a modern day battle. Three Miami Dolphins took a knee during the anthem to protest racial inequality. And in defiance of President Trumps Controversial Campaign to make all players stand. They say get that son of a off the field right now. He is fired. The president first raised the issue last month. Reupped it in tweets all week. And drew a new line in the sand late saturday. Very important that nfl players stand tomorrow and always, he wrote. Last week, more than 100 nfl players, sat, knelt, or raised their fists during the anthem. Some followed
Its a better way of doing this. It will cost less money. It will be more efficient for us. And were bringing our consultant contract manager on, because one of the things that we talked about is before we normally get two cost estimates, but now since we have a contractor on board we get a cost estimate. When we get our designer, they feta cost estimate. So we have three levels of having some confidence that whatever that price is, were going to meet that. So i think were very comfortable with our ability to deliver the projects in phase one, but i do understand the projects in phase two and three, because those are further out. And then the question is, when do you bring them into the fold. And i agree with andy, in that were constantly looking. When we identify a solution, say, in phase one, it could eliminate something in phase two, so we want to come to you and let you know. So the other thing is that we talked about, this is a large program. Its a lots of projects. So we can go ov