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Peter rob henderson, author of troubled, a memoir of foster care and social class. You wrote harold bloom once told you you were forged in a fire. What did you mean by that . Well, that was shortly after i arrived at yale. Harold bloom was an esteemed literary critic and professor at yelp. He was in his Twilight Years at that point. And i visited him at his home when i was a student at yale, and i conveyed my shortened, abbreviated version of my story was 87 years old at this time and he listened quietly and at the end he gently said, you were fgei think maybes poetic way of responding and encapsulating the experiences that i had growing up in foster homes in los angeles, enlisting in the military when i was 17, all of the setbacks and hiccups and all of the family drama and tore moyle turmoil id experienced all throughout my childhood. Born into poverty, and attempting to make my way in the world. Peter you also had a yell friend tell you that you hit the adoption lottery. Do you agre
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The Senate Hearing will come to order. This is on the children, families and the Opioid Epidemic crisis. Later today, senator murray and lland senator jung wi introduce legislation to try to address the Opioid Crisis. The National Institutions of help had predicts that a new nonaddictive painkillers could be achieved within five years with more flexible authority to conduct the necessary research. Moreill would give the nih flexibility to address Research Research that addresses the Opioid Crisis. I each haveay and an Opening Statement and well introduce the witnesses. After their testimony, we will have a round of fiveminute questions from the senators. The Opioid Crisis is particularly heartbreaking for families and children. No one understands that more than an east Tennessee Woman who lost a baby in the nearly two decades in which she is struggling with addiction to opioid and other substances. And she entered into recovery in 2012, she had no drivers license or formal education bu
This morning and cbs evening news. She is a graduate of villanova universitys law school, and she pa passed the bar exams in new jersey and pennsylvania. A and so paula is an attorney, and so i turn the it over. Yes, i am a recovering law r lawyer. And this is a topic that i am very excited to be at the important issue, and have the panelists take a few minutes to introduce themselves, and talk about this work, and specifically what kind of work they are doing. Andrea, i would like to start with you. Would you introduce yourself and talk to us about what brought you into the field and what you do day in, day out. Thank you. Thank you for having me here today. And it is an honor to be here with you guys, and thank you for understanding how important it is to have survivors speak on this issue. It is different than a few years ago and it is exciting to share with you, what we are doing here in atlanta, and i am a survivor as you well know. I entered the life 20 years ago and i have been