Order and for an opening statement. In the midst of a fierce battle against an epidemic by opioids. This crisis has touched every corner of american society. Whielt new england and the regions represent states hardest hit by the epidemic. Health officials from the south and reaching across the Mountain West all reported growing over dose deaths in those counties. The latest deaths is astounding. 91 americans died every day from an over dose. Now more than ever we must come together and strengthen our commitment to fight this malady. I expect todays member state will bring to the forefront key insights and solutions on this critical issue. The energy in Congress Committee led several bipartisan initiatives. And the comprehensive Addiction Recovery alct and the 21st century act are now law at the state and local levels. Much needed policy changes are being implemented. The inflicted passage of kara and cures. As a result, patients now have greater access to evidencebased treatment, adiks
Those are only two of my good things. I dont want to tell you about the bad things. But he really helped me. I had had had somebody that guided me and he had a very, very tough life because of alcohol, believe me. Members of the u. S. House met recently about combatting the Opioid Epidemic. They also shared their own stories in dealing with opioids and other drugs. Subcommittee will come to order and for an opening statement. In the midst of a fierce battle against an epidemic by opioids. This crisis has touched every corner of american society. Whielt new england and the regions represent states hardest hit by the epidemic. Health officials from the south and reaching across the Mountain West all reported growing over dose deaths in those counties. The latest deaths is astounding. 91 americans died every day from an over dose. Now more than ever we must come together and strengthen our commitment to fight this malady. I expect todays member state will bring to the forefront key insigh
Action that occurs on social media, versus thoughts that are expressed on social media. Woodruff and, Jeffrey Brown gets a glimpse into the life of author and comedian David Sedaris, through his series of autobiographical essays. It used to be about racking up laughs, right . But, i think you need some sorrow to give the laughter a bit of weight. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the battle over tax cuts is heating up. House Speaker Paul Ryan promised today that republicans are moving full speed ahead, despite divisions over the issue. In a washington speech, he said the g. O. P. Majorities in Congress Must press for transformational tax reform. We need to get this done in 2017. We cannot le
Im 111 years of bipartisan land conservation, which began with president roosevelts leadership. The most glaring example is an ongoing attack on the Antiquities Act in general and the National Monument in particular. Trying to roll back as a taxpayer weight especially at a time when the administration is proposing significant staff cutbacks. In my opinion, another management designation is that they are seers Intertribal Coalition inspectors working to protect these lands. I believe any action by the administration to undermine protection for any other National Monument is illegal and i will strongly oppose any legislative attempt to weaken this monument status. Secretary zinke, the administration also attempting to unilaterally rule that has gone into effect on the blm mapping rule. The department now statistically dubious decision to suspend the methane waste prevention rule. This is a commonsense rule that implements in 97yearold requirement to prevent waste of federal natural gas.
Good morning. We are here to consider the budget requests for the fiscal year 2018. This is the second of three hearings halloween the following the hearing last week. Back. Ary zinke, welcome gives nice to be able to you the official tally this morning, make it officially official. I want to start by noting you have taken on top tasks including challenges that have gone unaddressed for years. I think you are off to a good start. I have enjoyed working with you. Appreciated the opportunity to host you and some members here on the committee here and alaska a couple of weeks ago. We had meetings in anchorage, we were on the north slope looking at our considerable potential up there. We attended a memorial day. Eremony at fires lake it was an important and productive time. Our hearing coincides with a big milestone for alaska. Today is the 40th anniversary of first oil moving through our transalaska pipeline. Our 800day in 1977, milelong pipeline carried what is now more than 17 billion o