The Senate Committee on Health Education labor and Pensions Committee will come to order. Debbie talk about the Opioid Crisis the number one Public Health changes good out witness todays sam quinones. The author of dreamland, a true tale of americas Opioid Epidemic. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then i will introduce the witness. Then we will hear from mr. Sam quinones and senators will each have five minutes of questions. This is the only witness i suggest if you want to take more than five minutes, to say whatever he has to say, we welcome that but there will be plenty of conversation back and forth for members of the committee. Mr. Sam quinones it is unusual to have a single witness at our hearings. But this is an unusual topic. One that you quote a professor is probably the worst manmade epidemic in history. The challenge this crisis presents has captured the attention of every member of this committee. Your research and writing has been a claim for t
On the Opioid Epidemic and testified on his research and what he has learned in the course of writing his book. This is two hours. , our witness is sam quinones author of dreamland, a true story of americas Opioid Epidemic. Senators will each have five minutes of questions. Since he is our only witness, if he wants to take more than five minutes to say what he wants to say, we would welcome that. , it is unusual to have a single witness at our hearings and this is an unusual topic, one you say the Washington Post is going the worst manmade epidemic in history. The challenge this crisis presents has captured the attention of every member of this committee. Your research and writing has been acclaimed for its depth and rep depth and breath. This is a bipartisan hearing, one in which democrats and republicans have agreed on the topic and its importance. This is one i hope we will restrain from lecturing each other about Health Insurance and focus on the topic the Opioid Crisis. This epide
Next, climate activists talk about Grassroots Efforts to adopt tougher policies on climate provider. Change. Programanders opens the ghich was moderated by 350. Or president. It is about 90 minutes. Sen. Sanders thank you. Thank you. Let me begin by thanking all of you here and folks watching live stream all over this country for standing up for our environment, for standing up for the fossil fuel industry, and telling them that shortterm profits are not more important than the future of our planet. Thank you all very much. [applause] sen. Sanders i want to give special thanks to the Howard University gospel choir for that great performance. 350. Org ando thank the other organizations involved event. It is not just that Bill Mckibben is a neighbor of mine in vermont, it is that i am event. Inspired, i am truly inspired by the work that you are doing. And your understanding that while donald trump once to up, you are helping to bring people from all walks of life together. [applause] se
I thought it would begin by taking a couple minutes and talk about what i think are the forces of disequilibrium that are impacting the middle east, actually impacting the whole world, and i want to give each of the ministers a chance to talk about what they see is creating disequilibrium, but also how we stabilize the region. My short take on the world is i think we are in the middle of three Climate Changes at once. We are in the middle of the change of the claimant of the climate. Were going from what i call later to now. When i was growing up in america in the 1960s and 1970s, later was when you could fix that river, clean that lake, save that orangutan. You could say it now or save it later. Today, later is officially over. Later now will be too late. That is Climate Change. We see it in the middle east with rising temperatures and rising water issues among others. We are in the middle of a change of climate of globalization. We are going from a world that was interconnected to a
Thank you, ambassador, for being here and thank you as well for being on the panel. I have yet to good to kuwait, the last time i had been there with 1990 during the gulf war. I got to take a second picture next to the two spirit towers, this time whats that . There you go, liberation towers. It was good to be back, but more importantly to see this Coalition Come together not only in the private sector and having 64 nation theres, but also, like you said, ambassador, seeing the iraqis out front, talking about the country, talking about not only Economic Opportunities in iraq, but also about humanitarian situation. One of the things the first day of the conference was great. The press was able to ask questions of not only Prime Minister abadi but also the kuwaitty Prime Minister and the deputy minister and the foreign mince sterp. The iraq i can press asked some of the toughest question. They warned dont go on a stage with mike pregent, hes going to ask tough questions. The iraq i can p