They are gathering in for a special brief session. Father, creator of all that is good, you have called our u. S. World to work in your and by its cooperation to improve the condition of humankind. Always work may ogether as a loving, devoted family. Bringing out the best in our nation. Men. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 2a of 562, the lution journal of the last days roceedings is hereby approved. The chair will lead the house in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker pro tempore the before the house a communication. Honorable the speaker, house of representatives. Sir, pursuant to the permission 2h of rule 2 se of the rules of the u. S. House f representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the 2017, at ctober 17, 12 04 p. M. That the Senate Passed senate 705. To the s
Hello, everyone. Good morning. Im a congressional reporter with the post. Im joined now by two senators who b have seen their States Affected by the Opioid Crisis and are working to find solutions. Please join me in welcoming senator Maggie Hassan, senator rob portman. [applause] we also send a joe manchin whos hoping to join us today. Wait a little bit, perhaps it will be joining us a a little later but were just delighted to have two leaders in this sphere who have been working every day. Senator Maggie Hassan is in her first term representing New Hampshire. Her efforts to combat opioid abuse did not start in january. During her four years as governor, she worked across party lines. To secure funding come to strengthen treatment, recovery and Law Enforcement efforts in her state, New Hampshire increase penalties for that no distribution, begin investigating Overdose Deaths is homicide. Expanded the states Prescription Drug monitoring system. Shes a member of the committee on health,
Perspective. We will will talk about two things in the next little while. Where we go from here but also want to start with how this collaboration came to be. The posts in 60 minutes have worked together on Something Like this. In nearly a decade. So lets start with where the reporting story starts. How did you get the idea. We sit in result 18 months later. When did this start . The beginning of 2016 that a project launched on the National Desk post and the idea was to try to 20 people why so many people were dying w of opiate overdoses, taken in middle america, particularly middle class whites, and i had an editor who saidte to me i want u to explain how all these hundreds of millions of opioid pills get on the street. It doesnt make t sense to me wy we cant just keep them in the supply chain. And so i started reading up on it at the start calling around and, indeed, there been a lot of coverage of the manufacturers and the doctors and pharmacies but nothing on these wholesale distri
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[applause] dan and making a tremendous point and responding we will move on to the next portion of the program stay with us. [applause] Congress Returns on monday. The housemates at 2 00 p. M. Eastern for a legislative business. A little later in the week, they are expected to take up the Senate Budget resolution with a final vote possible by thursday. If that passes the house, it would allow congress to move ahead with tax reform. Watch the house live on cspan. And the said it is also back on monday, to consider a 36. 5 supplemental for hurricane and fire relief. Already approved by the house. A procedural about vote to events the bill is set for 5 00 p. M. Eastern. You can see this live on cspan two. Tomorrow on cspan, watch senator john mccains beach, the Liberty Medal in philadelphia. He talked about the lead for u. S. Leadership in the world. Sunday, 6 30speech p. M. Eastern time on cspan. X would you rise for a moment. Would you rise for a moment, stretch, close your eyes icu. Tr