The u. S. Senate and on this tuesday scheduled to hold a brief pro forma session. No votes are typically scheduled during these sessions. Lawmakers meeting every three Business Days during their district work period and legislative work expected to resume on monday, september 9. This is live coverage here on cspan2. The floor of the u. S. Senate empty on this tuesday morning. The senate remained on their summer break, but during the break they hav had been holdingt are known as pro forma sessions, typically brief gavel in cavil at sessions. No votes are typically scheduled during the sessions, and as we await the start of this pro forma session which was expected to begin at 10 00, we are now 10 12. Live live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. We are Still Standing by with this live picture of the use senate chamber. The Senate Schedule told a brief pro forma session that was set for 10 a. M. Eastern. Obviously running a little bit behind. The Senate State Work Period continue. Law
Good morning and welcome, everyone. Good morning and welcome, everyone. The subcommittee on Higher Education and workforce investment will come to order. Were happy that youre here. I know that a kwoerm is president and i want to ask that unanimous kent that miss haze of pennsylvania be able to participate with understand that their question also come after all committee hems. We are hearing testimony on engines of economic mobility, the Critical Role of Community Colleges, historically black colleges and universities and minorityserving institutions in preparing students for success. Pursuant to Committee Rules 7 c Opening Statements are limited to the chair and Ranking Member and this allows us to hear from our witnesses sooner and provides all members with adequate time to ask questions. I recognize myself now for the purpose of making an opening statement. Today we will examine the Critical Role of historically black colleges and universities hbcus. Hispanic serving institutions an
the subcommittee on oversight investigation will now come to order. today, the subcommittee on oversight and investigations is holding a hearing in titled, public health emergency, state efforts to curb the opioid crisis. the purpose of today s hearing is to examine states efforts and successes and addressing the opioid epidemic, as well as opportunities for future federal support, and just to let everyone know, doctor alexander scott the, reason why we are getting started a little bit late, the plane was delayed, but now the doctor is on her way. so, we will swear in the witnesses when we get to that point, and if we have to do that one later, we will. the chairman recognizes herself an open i using statement. as i, said the committee continues its bipartisan efforts to combat the opioid crisis. the country is in the midst of an opioid epidemic unlike any in history. according to the cdc, from 1999 to 2017, nearly 400,000 people died from opioid overdoses. in 2017, more tha
The 2016 we learned from the New York Times weve lost roughly 60,000 people to Drug Overdoses. That is more in one year that all the names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and likely, that number is underestimated because much of the data will not be in until the end of this year, 2017. Its staggering. For every fatal overdose its estimated there are 20 nonfatal overdoses and for 2016 that could mean your 1 million. 183,000 lives have been lost in the us from overdoses between 2015. Thats about 50,000 we lost over the last, 500,000 we lost over the next decade. The roots of this crisis began in 1980 when a letter to the editor in the journal of medicine was misinterpreted as evidence. It was unlikely someone become addicted out of 4000 cases a center was only four connections. Years later the joint Commission Following the american medical associations recommendation assessment established standards for Pain Management interpreted by many doctors as encouraging the prescription of