Changes provided for under the fast act including processing procedures and an application dashboard. And finally something that goes hand in hand with all of the departments efforts is research and innovation. In march we began the competition for utc grants which allows students and faculty to Work Together towards innovative transportation solutions. Weve received 212 applications for the 35 grants available. Im proud of the work the department has accomplished in such a short period of time. But this is just the beginning. And it would not be possible i would like to repeat without the work of this congress on a bipartisan basis. We will continue our aggressive schedule to execute the reforms you put into place because if our nations going to have the type of Transportation System tomorrow that is better than it had today, wasted time is something none of us can afford. So with that, mr. Chairman, i want to thank you and i look forward to your questions. Thank you, mr. Secretary. A
Senator brown tonight i am proud to stand with a person who says we shouldnt be building walls, we should be knocking down barriers. Yesterday, i was in akron, and i was on stage with William Jefferson clinton, and i looked at him at one point. He was in akron probably because of the ohio primary, and i turned to him and said, no offense, mr. President , but Hillary Clinton is the most qualified person to run for president in my lifetime. [applause] senator brown and she is. And he smiled and laughed and clapped and i think he meant it. Heres what it is about hillary. I trust Hillary Clinton to fight for children and families because she has done that all her life. [applause] senator brown from her early days with the childrens defense fund, to her time in the senate, leading on the Childrens Health insurance plan, and i trust Hillary Clinton to fight for human rights and Voting Rights and womens rights. [applause] senator brown from her time in alabama as a civil rights worker when sh
World, you know, the dollar is viewed as a reserve currency. We have some of the most liquid Financial Markets in the world. But of course, we are tightly linked on the trade side. How our policy cap benefit patients of our policy path are then affecting financial conditions, and of course, importantly True Exchange rate channels through a very important feedback, we have come back around in effect, u. S. Domestic conditions. In the past year, china has figured prominently in terms of global risks and Global Financial conditions as china has managed challenges on the domestic front. So, those kinds of considerations naturally have to be taken into account when we think about risk to the outlook, they naturally will effect policy deliberations and the path the policy. That is the way in which risks emanating from china, and of course, china was the really predominant source of Global Investment growth for several years following recovery. And that was a very important source of demand a
Welcome to an Expert Panel Discussion hosted by the criminal law and procedure Practice Group entitled opioids, the crisis in 2022 and beyond. My name is mike. I am the former United States attorney for the Southern District of mississippi where i witnessed firsthand this worsening crisis and the effect it had on our communities. Unfortunately, this topic is more relevant today than even just a few years ago. The u. S. Apartment of health and Human Services declared that the nation has myths of an unprecedented Opioid Epidemic with Drug Overdose deaths having quadrupled since 1999. According to the cdc, there were an estimated 107,000 Drug Overdose deaths in the United States in 2021 with approximately 75 of those deaths or 80,000 coming just from opioids. That is a rate of almost 220 people dying each and every day from opioids. Today, we have an incredible panel of experts who have looked at this issue in depth to discuss what has happened, how we got to where we are today, and what
Welcome to an Expert Panel Discussion hosted by the criminal law and procedure Practice Group entitled opioids, the crisis in 2022 and beyond. My name is mike. I am the former United States attorney for the Southern District of mississippi where i witnessed firsthand this worsening crisis and the effect it had on our communities. Unfortunately, this topic is more relevant today than even just a few years ago. The u. S. Apartment of health and Human Services declared that the nation has myths of an unprecedented Opioid Epidemic with Drug Overdose deaths having quadrupled since 1999. According to the cdc, there were an estimated 107,000 Drug Overdose deaths in the United States in 2021 with approximately 75 of those deaths or 80,000 coming just from opioids. That is a rate of almost 220 people dying each and every day from opioids. Today, we have an incredible panel of experts who have looked at this issue in depth to discuss what has happened, how we got to where we are today, and what