Things she does in order to ensure our mediations are successful. The other is the central core of our mediations and those are the skilled and trained mediators and as a matter of fact we have a couple or several of them in the audience tonight. Without the mediators, we could not function. And it was very surprising to me when i came on board a year and a half ago to learn that all of our mediators are volunteers and they come from as far away as sacramento. And a person who comes to the 6 00 a. M. Is usually the person coming from sacramento. They are very dedicated. They are experienced in california. All the mediators have to be trained 40hour Training Course is required. But they are also skilled and very experienced. And when she and i first came on board a year and a half ago we were very new to the mediation process and Mediation Program. I was recruited from the department of justice by Paul Henderson who was my boss when i was a prosecutor at the das office so this is the se
Mentioned, well put that number on the screen right now, 572 million that j j is ordered to pay out to the state of oklahoma as a result of this lawsuit. Basically the state argued that oklahoma or rather the drugmaker , j j, was a public nuisance by aggress every market ing opioids down playing the risk of them and then essentially flooding the market with the painkillers, and part of the cause for some 6,000 people who died since 2000 in oklahoma as a result of the Opioid Epidemic. So weve been hearing from both sides after this verdict was reached today, and we want to get to a quote from the state attorney or rather the attorney general who tried this case, and was satisfied with the results. We cant change the past. We can never bring back those who lost their lives because Johnson Johnson executives made the calculated and cold blooded decision that they were going to produce a mutant strain of coffee, corner the market and supply massive amounts of the active ingredients for oth
Also want to thank the witnesses for being accommodating knowing vote scheduled interfered with the original hearing schedule and accommodating us today. The topics covered in this hearing and i said this previously are not necessarily what is going to make cable news every night but incredible importance when we think of how best to serve the United States of america, our interests and Foreign Policy and the foundation for any real Successful Organization always starts with the right people and make sure they are equipped with the right resources and ability to do their job effectively. I said multiple times previously and want to reiterate we are proud of the men and women that serve us in our diplomatic corps overseas and in Development Work around the world and these are patriotic americans. I once again want to reiterate the work of how important it is for foreignpolicy and american strength. The last few months as subcommittees chairman i had the pleasure of meeting with many ind
Good morning. I want to call this business round table to order. I want to thank the participants for taking your time and, first of all, just working on the Homeland Security Advisory Council. From my perspective producing a really good report. A really good basis for hopefully legislation that we can pass on a bipartisan basis, but prior to that working with us to try to accomplish something to started a dressing this tremendous problem. We just keep upping this thing. The top line number is down a little bit because june is reduced a little bit from may because i was rejecting this based on the most recent month. Based on mays numbers the total number of individuals coming here in is either unaccompanied child but prime heard as a family was over 800 thousand projection, now its just over 700 thousand. One thing ive been pointing out since 2014 these bars represent currently five years nine months, 1,086,000 people coming to this country illegally, being apprehended. Most coming as
Hopefully, legislation we can pass on a bipartisan basis. But prior to that working with us to try and accomplish something to start addressing this tremendous problem. The top line is down a little bit because i was projecting this out based on the most recent months. Based on mays number, the total number coming in as an unaccompanied child is just over 800,000 now its just over 700,000 one thing ive been pointing out, since 2017, these bars represent, currently 5 years, nine months, 1,086,000 people coming to the country being apprehended. Of that 822,000 weve returned a whopping 12,021 individuals. I know in your report you make the you talk about 15 having a clear asylum claim. So im pleased to have at the round table four individuals working on the Advisory Council. Ill read your names and pa bio do you want to start with karen . You have it all worked out. Again, take the time you need, but we have karen tandy. The reason we do this round table, its just a more free flow of info