Its my pleasure to introduce the president of American University Sylvia Burwell is u. S 15th president. And first woman to serve as president under her leadership. American became the first Carbon Neutral university in the united states, the first to launch an Antiracist Research and policy center. President burwell also helped to double our externally funded Research Dollars in just five years. She led creation of our comprehensive Strategy Change makers for a changing as well as our plan for inclusive excellent both of which have community at their core and are focused on ensuring all eu students can thrive and reach their full potential. President burwell, the university through the challenges of the last two years. We we were lucky to have a president who served at the highest levels in washington as secretary of health and Human Services and director, the office of management and budget. We could not have predicted how important those skills would be, how essential they are now a
As chair of this committee, ive worked to ensure that every person dealing with addiction can access comprehensive treatment and care and when it comes to the bad actors that fuel this crisis, i have use this gavel to hold them accountable for their actions. This feeling comes at a very difficult moment for our nation. Overdose deaths in america have been rising for more than two decades and during the coronavirus pandemic, fatal overdoses skyrocketed to historic levels. Tragically, Overdose Deaths increased by more than 36 2020 and another 15 in 2021 with more than 100,000 lives lost. Biden Harris Administration and democrats in congress have taken aggressive action to address the supply and demand factors contributing to this races. President biden to office we have stopped more fentanyl at the border than ever before. This administration hasnt reached drug intervention seizing 800 pounds of pencil each month. This represents a or full increase in fentanyl interdiction over the previ
That reach of integrity is irresponsible and unacceptable to me. On this situation, it began weeks to months ago and i thought the problem was limited and isolated and i believe that. But i no longer believe that it is systemic. I was too trusting of some and i accepted it and i now know that it has been misleading in regard to patient wait times. I cannot explain the lack of integrity among some of the leaders of our health care facility. This is something that i have rarely encountered during my 30 years in uniform. And so i will not defend it because it is not worth defending. But i can take responsibility with responsibility for it. And i do. So given the fact i now know, i apologize with the Senior Leader of the department of Veterans Affairs and i extend my condolences to the veterans of this country and their families and loved ones who i have been honored to serve for 45 years now. I also offer an apology to members of congress and the Veterans Services organizations including
Criticized foren what i did, and i got a lot of , but you learn to live with it. I never let it influence me. Rosalynn carter in a recent interview in atlanta. She was her husbands political partner from their first campaign. She attended cabinet meetings and championed womens rights and Health Issues and even testified before congress. Inir partnership continued the postwhite house years. The evening and welcome to cspan series on first ladies. By looking at the lives of living first ladies. First tworoduce our guests. They will be in the studio to tell you about her biography. Is a is a pheasant he president ial scholar. On the historyes of the south. I want to talk about the themes. She was gracious enough to grant us an interview. We will post it online so you can hear all she had to say. I want to pick up on things i have learned that she referenced. The carters first visit to the white house was after he had been elected and the inauguration. We have heard travel was ethical, but
Rosalynn carter in a recent interview in atlanta. She was her husbands political partner from their first campaign. She attended cabinet meetings and championed womens rights and Health Issues and even testified before congress. Their partnership continued in the postwhite house years. Good evening and welcome to the cspan series on first ladies. We begin by looking at the lives of living first ladies. Let me introduce our first two guests. They will be in the studio to tell you about her biography. Our guest is a president ial scholar. Faith specializes on the history of the south. I want to talk about the themes. She was gracious enough to grant us an interview. We will post it online so you can hear all she had to say. I want to pick up on things i have learned that she referenced. The carters first visit to the white house was after he had been elected and the inauguration. We have heard travel was ethical, but it is unusual in the modern age. What skills did she bring to this job