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then there was this, on the senate floor ted kennedy of massachusetts, when out of his way to explain that the democratic party was absolutely not trying to replace the american population with more compliant, foreign-born voters. no way, that is an insane conspiracy theory, he explained. this bill will not flood our cities with immigrants. it will not upset the ethnic mix of our society, it will not relax the standards of admission. it will not cause american workers to lose their jobs. [laughs] it s all bitterly amusing when you look back because of course that is precisely what this bill did. it changed america completely and forever and the numbers show it. in the years since that legislation passed the united states total population exploded by 140 million people. you are seeing that chart on your screen now. what direction does appoint? steadily upward. where did all those people come from? there s nothing wrong with more people. the question is, who are they and where
The Senate Hearing will come to order. This is on the children, families and the Opioid Epidemic crisis. Later today, senator murray and lland senator jung wi introduce legislation to try to address the Opioid Crisis. The National Institutions of help had predicts that a new nonaddictive painkillers could be achieved within five years with more flexible authority to conduct the necessary research. Moreill would give the nih flexibility to address Research Research that addresses the Opioid Crisis. I each haveay and an Opening Statement and well introduce the witnesses. After their testimony, we will have a round of fiveminute questions from the senators. The Opioid Crisis is particularly heartbreaking for families and children. No one understands that more than an east Tennessee Woman who lost a baby in the nearly two decades in which she is struggling with addiction to opioid and other substances. And she entered into recovery in 2012, she had no drivers license or formal education bu
The Senate Committee on Health Education and pensions will come to order. Today we are looking at effect on children and infants. We have a vote i believe at 11 30 today so we should i believe give us time to have a full discussion with our witnesses. Before we turn to todays focus i wanted to say that later today senator murray and i and senators young will introduce legislation to help address the Opioid Crisis. Dr. Collins, head of the National Institute of health predicted that nonaddictive pain killer can be introduced. Our bill would give more flexibility to conduct research. The Committee Plans to hold a markup on the bill as well as other legislation to address the Opioid Crisis as soon as march. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and introduce witnesses. After their testimony will have a round of fiveminute questions from the senators. The Opioid Crisis is particularly heartbreaking for families and children. No one understands that more than jesse who lo
4 billion each year. So not other they sacrificing a lot of their golden years, but theyre, in fact, helping all of us by taking on that substantial burden. 2. 6 million Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, thats a huge number. And, as i mentioned, senator collins and i have the legislation called supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren act which creates a federal task force to serve as a onestop resource for resources and information for grandparents who are, in fact, having to raise their grandchildren. I wanted to start with mr. Bell and ask whether you think having this information will help support these grandparents and relatives who are raising these children as a result of the Opioid Epidemic . Thank you, senator casey. Dr. Bell, im sorry. Thank you. Senator collins did raise this before she left and, as i indicated, we are very supportive of what you are trying to do here. Its something that we learn from the crack epidemic, that these grandparents need support centers, t