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Veterans Affairs Department officials and the mayo clinic testified on efforts to curb opioid abuse by patients and Veterans Affairs health care facilities. And to stop the theft and sale of drugs by employees of the va and prevention efforts. A House Committee held last weeks hearing. Good afternoon. This hearing will come to order. I want to welcome everyone who has joined us today. Today we will address the lack of oversight in internal controls regarding controlled substances within the Veterans Health administration that leave facilities open to Drug Diversion and veteran harm. The divers...

Theft and sale of drugs by agency workers. The House Veterans Affairs Committee Held this hearing late last month. Good afternoon. This hearing will come to order. I want to welcome everyone who has joined us today. Today we will address the lack of oversight in internal controls regarding controlled substances within the Veterans Health administration that leave facilities open to Drug Diversion and veteran harm. The diversion of drugs from v. A. Health care facilities is an incredible Patient Safety issue that puts veterans, v. A. Employees and the public at tremendous risk. Unfortunately th...

Contained much of this high grade marijuana and cocaine. Two kilos of cocaine and approximately a block of about 50 pounds of marijuana. After Police Responded and found the second box they began checking Surveillance Video and soon learned another robbery occurred outside of Freight Company an hour earlier and was never reported. This man picked up the shipment, walked outside and was robbed by two men inside of this minivan. What is in the box was unclear but police would like to speak to the robbery victim. We are sure its grown movement and not through the air. Shest investigators set up a...

20,660 a year to 50,440. The Senate Small Business Committee Held a hearing on the new labor rules. Senator david vitter chairs this hour 10 minute hearing. Good morning, everybody, and thanks for joining us today for the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing to examine the obama administrations proposal to more than double the current salary threshold under the fair labor standard acts overtime exemption for administrative, executive, and professional employees. Were going to hear from a Diverse Panel of experts and stakeholders on the impact this proposed rule would ha...

Like labor, they may have to cut Critical Community services to reduce labor costs. This is really unacceptable, especially for rural and poor areas that rely on Different Services provided by nonprofits. After hearing from many concerned workers and Business Owners, i urged secretary perez to extend the Public Comment period to allow Small Business owners and employees the opportunity to examine the proposed rule and comment carefully. Shortly afterward, the office of advocacy wrote a similar Public Comment letter requesting a 90day extension of the comment period. Unfortunately, all of these...