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our committee has examined the role of purdue pharma, which got millions of americans hooked on the painkiller oxycontin, despite knowing it was highly addictive. we have also investigated the role of -- which made millions of dollars fueling the public health crisis that has killed a half million people in our country. today's hearing focuses on another key driver of the epidemic, that operated behind the scenes, the consulting firm mckinsey and company. for nearly 15 years, they secretly designed strategies for companies like purdue to boost sales of addictive painkillers, paving ...

our committee has examined the role of purdue pharma, which got millions of americans hooked on the painkiller oxycontin, despite knowing it was highly addictive. we have also investigated the role of -- which made millions of dollars fueling the public health crisis that has killed a half million people in our country. today's hearing focuses on another key driver of the epidemic, that operated behind the scenes, the consulting firm mckinsey and company. for nearly 15 years, they secretly designed strategies for companies like purdue to boost sales of addictive painkillers, paving t...

[gavel] >>. ,. . . . michael is simple, to promote accountability and seek justice for the millions of families whose lives have been ravaged by this epidemic. and to protect americans from suffering from more harm. our committee has examined the role of purdue pharma, which got millions of americans hooked on the pain killer oxycontin despite knowing it was highly addictive. we have also investigated the role of the sackler family, which made billions of dollars fueling public health crisis that has killed half 1 million people in our country, and counting. today's hearing focuses o...

commonwealth of pennsylvania. where the republican senate race is a true nail biter. we're now learning one candidate in these races is about to get a pacemaker implanted. >> good afternoon. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we start with our national lead and president biden this afternoon in buffalo trying to comfort those who suffered the most from saturday's attack at a supermarket targeted because it's in a predominantly black neighborhood. the work of a racist domestic terrorist, killing ten innocent people, police say. the president spending time today with grief-stricke...

finance committee will come into order. today, the committee meets with secretary becerra to discuss the year ahead for the department of health and human services. there is much to cover. i will begin with telemedicine. this committee began to open the door at telemedicine in medicare with a landmark chronic care act, authored with senator hatch in 2017. then in 2020, we shoehorned tele-health services into the cares act. in implementing the law, medicare decide to telehealth audio only on a temporary basis during the pandemic. that has been met with wide open arms from people acros...