deserve to be there and the presumption is that they don t deserve to be there especially in the class of our black and latin ex clients. that s something that begs for critical thinking and further inquiry. we should point out that states are the ones that have the responsibility to address equity when it comes to funding among universities. many are wondering whether or not congress has a pathway now to consider regulating colleges after this scandal, michael? absolutely. let s not forget that it s the federal government that grants tax exempt status to institutions of higher learning that applies over $100 billion a year in federal student loans for students to attend those schools. they have leverage at its disposals. and want to make tax deductible
and the caribbean to ban single use plastic grocery bags. in 2017, we expanded this ban to include styrofoam. by 2019, we eliminated the use of plastic utensils. but why wait? so tonight i call on all in our countries to implement the prohibition of plastic utensils ahead of the january 2019 deadline. i also challenge the many airlines and cruise ships that visit our shores to limit the use of plastic and styrofoam and to further curtail disposals in our to save our oceans, and i
they are worried about that. even though they acknowledge and the country acknowledges that there is a major opioid abuse issue. no one wants to see drugs that patients need not be available. that is not the point of our suit at all. but i need to say this, bret, that the drug companies, those we are going after today deliberately tried to convince doctors and patients, consumers that the drugs are far safer than they actually are. so there are ways to manage chronic pain. we want doctors to have all the tools at their disposals to do that. but they need to be fully informed. in fact, they have been subject, doctors have, and consumers to a campaign of lies and deceit that told them that opioid drugs are safer, are appropriate to treat chronic pain when in fact in most cases they are not. bret: you have joined mississippi, and ohio, so far. do you expect more states to join in the lawsuit? well, i think that is a
the chronic pain. they are worried about that. even though they acknowledge and the country acknowledges that there is a major opioid abuse issue. no one wants to see drugs that patients need not be available. that is not the point of our suit at all. but i need to say this, bret, that the drug companies, those we are going after today deliberately tried to convince doctors and patients, consumers that the drugs are far safer than they actually are. so there are ways to manage chronic pain. we want doctors to have all the tools at their disposals to do that. but they need to be fully informed. in fact, they have been subject, doctors have, and consumers to a campaign of lies and deceit that told them that opioid drugs are safer, are appropriate to treat chronic pain when in fact in most cases they are not. bret: you have joined mississippi, and ohio, so far. do you expect more states to join in the lawsuit? well, i think that is a
they are worried about that. even though they acknowledge and the country acknowledges that there is a major opioid abuse issue. no one wants to see drugs that patients need not be available. that is not the point of our suit at all. but i need to say this, bret, that the drug companies, those we are going after today deliberately tried to convince doctors and patients, consumers that the drugs are far safer than they actually are. so there are ways to manage chronic pain. we want doctors to have all the tools at their disposals to do that. but they need to be fully informed. in fact, they have been subject, doctors have, and consumers to a campaign of lies and deceit that told them that opioid drugs are safer, are appropriate to treat chronic pain when in fact in most cases they are not. bret: you have joined mississippi, and ohio, so far. do you expect more states to join in the lawsuit? well, i think that is a