Were going to go back now live to coverage of the meeting on the opioid epidemic. This is taking place at john hopkins hospital in baltimore. Probably need to prioritize so we can make forward progress. But i think a lot of the Building Blocks are there. Were very proud of the efforts here in baltimore that our Health Commissioner, who well hear from shortly, has undertaken to health care providers, institutions like Johns Hopkins and others are undertaking to change the trajectory on. This the obviously a heavy lift. Its on this. Its obviously a heavy lift. But these recommendations will help. I want to echo congressman cummings concern in the way that the drug should be available as it should be and theres not price gouging. That does need a closer look. I was able and i want to thank you for the recommendation around coprescribing of naloxone. We were able to get included in one of the bills that was passed last year the comprehensive Addiction Recovery act, a proposal for demonstra
Ranking democrat is Elijah Cummings. Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to hopkins. My name is redondo miller. Redonda miller. I have as president of the hospital the distinct pleasure of welcoming youall to our institution. As president i have also had the immense pleasure and privilege of working closely with congressman Elijah Cummings on a variety of issues and were grateful for his steadfast leadership, nationally and on behalf of his local constituents here. Were truly lucky to count ourselves among those he had a has expertly represented for more than two decades. And chairman gowdy, were honored to be a part of the House Oversight and government reform committees efforts find Meaningful Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic. Thank you all for being here today. It is no secret that were in the throes of a crisis thats reached Epic Proportions throughout our country. Baltimore is no exception. In 2016 we average nearly two fatal opioid overdoses in this city per day. This is a problem i
Afternoon, everyone. Welcome to hopkins. I have the distinct pleasure of welcoming you all to the institution. As the president ive often had the immense pleasure and privilege of working closely with congressman Elijah Cummings on a variety of issues and we are grateful for his steadfast leadership nationally and on behalf of his local constituents we are lucky to count ourselves among those hes represented from more than two decades. We are honored to be a part of the house government reform committees efforts to find Meaningful Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic. Thank you all for being here today. It is no secret that we are in the throes of a crisis that has reached Epic Proportions throughout the country, and baltimore is no exception. In 2016, weve averaged nearly two fatal opioid doses in the city per day. This is a problem in need of thoughtful answers as both an anchor institution and steward of health care for the local communities, hopkins takes the problem very seriously. We
The last fewave minutes of this and take you live to washington or the role of congress in renegotiating the north American Free trade agreement. This is from John Hopkins School of international studies. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] nafta is significant because it is a copy hats of trade agreement comprehensive trade agreement and it is this template and model for the the unitednt that states negotiated, and it served as a template for certain provisions and bilateral trade negotiations. As soon as this year, congress will decide on what legislation to consider and amend on nafta. The will also consider ramifications of negotiating or withdrawn from nafta and how it would affect the u. S. Economy and Foreign Relations with partners, mexico and canada. Ande concerned Economic Leadership in the region, seat as a wherewithal
This is just over two hours. I would like to call the hearing to order. First off, i would like to recognize the chairman of the committee for a segment. Thank you. I want to thank the senator for chairing the hearing today. Sen. Casey serving as Ranking Member at senator murrays request. They have both been real leaders on this subject. Senator burr was the original i will call it the all hazards preparedness act. In 2006. The law helps protect us from the full range of Public Health threats. In 2013, senators berger and senator burr and senator casey led the committee. Many members of the committee contributed, some are still on the committee. In the middle of the flu season, it is critical we reauthorize the act before many of its provisions expire and set number. I hope we will do this in a bipartisan way and i expect that. It has been the tradition with the law and with this committee on almost all of our major bills. Thele are not as aware of devastation of, for example, loop. I