Those are only two of my good things. I dont want to tell you about the bad things. But he really helped me. I had had had somebody that guided me and he had a very, very tough life because of alcohol, believe me. Members of the u. S. House met recently about combatting the Opioid Epidemic. They also shared their own stories in dealing with opioids and other drugs. Subcommittee will come to order and for an opening statement. In the midst of a fierce battle against an epidemic by opioids. This crisis has touched every corner of american society. Whielt new england and the regions represent states hardest hit by the epidemic. Health officials from the south and reaching across the Mountain West all reported growing over dose deaths in those counties. The latest deaths is astounding. 91 americans died every day from an over dose. Now more than ever we must come together and strengthen our commitment to fight this malady. I expect todays member state will bring to the forefront key insigh
That one thing is. The reality is the administrations had the money to do everything its wanted to do. This bill provides more money on top of that. Our senators are proposing even more, so we go to conference to figure out the appropriate amount and whether or not and to what degree it should be paid for. I hope its all paid for. It should be because we have the funds to do that. So to suggest that theres some sort of failure of funding is simply not true. And my friends know its not true. To suggest were not willing to put the money here would suggest that recent history has no relevance because we put more money here than the president asked us to put and we committed to put even more going forward. So i would the only difference here and what drives my friends into a frenzy is that we actually want to pay for this. They simply dont. They think, lets just put another 1. 9 billion on the National Credit card. This is a great excuse to do that. Well, were not prepared to do that, but
Salaried position to hourly positions. What we have seen is an executive branch that issues orders they say they dont have the authority to issue but do it anyway. We see a department of justice that decides which laws they want to enforce and which hay dont. We see a Supreme Court that changes laws rather than sending them back to congress to be changed. And of course we see agencies that carry the rule of law. Ladies and gentlemen, if we truly want to put america on a better way, we need to restore the constitutional balance and put legislative power back where it belongs, in the hands of we the people, and that would be your hands. Thank you very much. [applause] mr. Flores good morning, im bill flores, i represent the 17th district of texas. Im also honored to serve as chair of the republican study committee. Hard working American Families are frustrated and theyre angry with the government oh overreach coming out of unelected, unaccountable, out of control washington bureaucrats.
Intelligence community or Law Enforcement and understand whether somebodys met the threshold that they need to reach to Access Communications or data. Well, let me say today, if weve gotten to a point where we dont trust a judge on the bench, we have just gutted the rule of law in the United States. This to me is about so much more than encryption. This is about whether the United States is going to be the innovator of the world for the next 50 years. It is about what the next generation has in opportunities. And oh yes freedoms, protection , and prevention of terrorist acts. If we cant prosecute criminals by a District Attorney or by a u. S. Attorney because they cant gather the information they need thenke the case in court, talking about orlando. Well talk about the crime in every Community Across the country, because we will have individuals that walk and live next to us every day. So i used the platform to do that. I dont think i find disagreement from you or others in Law Enforce
What are your beliefs about Islamic Jihad . Do you think its a simple peaceable conversion within your own heart and mind . Or do you believe jihad means its ok to go out and kill people who disagree with radical islam . Or your view of islam . If you cant talk about someones beliefs in islam, you cant get to whether or not theyve been radicalized. So we have some incredibly talented and intelligent f. B. I. And intelligence agents that are completely ignorant of what they need to know because this administration has made clear to them, you dont go there. If youve ever learned about jihad, muslim, islam, Muslim Brotherhood, hamas, hezbollah, al qaeda, caliphate, if youve ever been taught about those things, what to recognize in a radical islamist, then you better keep your mouth shut about them or youll lose your career, as one of the original Homeland Security employees, dedicated patriot, learned when he was pointing out terrorists. So, it makes it tough when youre in the f. B. I. In