Dreamland the true tale of americas opiate epidemic. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then i will introduce the witness, then with her from mr. Quinones, and then senators will each have five minutes of questions. Since his are only witness i suggested to him that if he wants to take a little more than five minutes to say whatever he has to say, we would welcome that, but who will be plenty conversation back and forth from members of the committee. Mr. Quinones, it is unusual to have a single witness at our hearing but this is an unusual topic, one you quote Washington State Research Professor Gary Franklin is calling the worst manmade epidemic in history. The challenge this crisis present has captured the attention of a member of this committee. The research and writing has been acclaimed for the depth and breadth so this is what we call a bipartisan hearing, most of ours hour. One in which a a democrats and republicans agreed on the topic, its important, a
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