Senator leahy in that are you being affected at all President Trump saying you will have a regulation you got to get rid of two former it. Senator leahy regulations . Ms. Ashley certainly we have to be in compliance with, you know, with the acts that are in place, certainly we have to be in compliance with that. But that doesnt prevent us from continuing to draft regulations. Senator leahy ok. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, i think under those circumstances if i was go to be involved with criminal activity, i would love that forward, two steps back. I thank you for your commitment to get that planning to get an answer to that letter and i look forward to it. Ms. Ashley absolutely, sir. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Ms. Ashley, welcome. How long have you been with d. E. A. . Ms. Ashley over 30 years, sir. And youre the act assistant commissioner . Ms. Ashley administrator, yes, sir. Does that mean youre the number two . Ms. Ashley no. Im three down. You are within the top five, huh . Ms. Ashley to
That i think is what most americans believe. That is why we put so much we are all born equal, and the differences that a merger due to different experiences, different environments. That is why education is so important to us americans and it was important to jefferson. Announcer professor and historian gordon wood, sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan. The cspan buses traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. We recently stopped in tallahassee, florida asking folks, what is the most important issue in their state. The most important issue to my states funding. A lot of times we talk about the lack of resources and quality of education at hbcus. It all starts at the source. The board of governors, everything. The amount of money they give us. It is important we rallied to get funding, but it also has to do with the amount of students who are attending our institutions. I think it is very important for us to start at home with what we are telling students, come to hbcus. I
Will come, everybody and thank you for your attendance, particularly those who have to testify and answer questions for us because i know you put in a lot of extra work to be ready for it. This hearing is on the oversight of a bill that has a long name called ensuring Patient Access and effective Drug Enforcement act. Somebody is going to have a pronunciation for the acronym, but i will refer to it as the law, or the bill. I am eager to hear from all of our witnesses today. See this lawto repealed. Others insist that it should remain in place. I have not made my mind up on the issue, so i am interested in hearing both sides of the argument. This discussion is particularly important, giving the continuing Opioid Epidemic that has ravaged this country through the past several years. I do have concerns with how we , and the we are today discussions we are having today. When Congress Took this bill up in 2015 and 2016, there was little to no fanfare about the proposal. Billasic goal of the