So are opera. And baroque. Couldnt be here. Im sorry. Im going to sing for you for the rest of the hour. Im just kidding. Hows everybody doing this . This is amazing. Oh, my goodness. There are a lot of you here. Its so exciting. And we are honored to be here. We have an opportunity to do Something Special to bring in leadership that we havent seen in a long, long time. The kind of leaders ship that can inspire us to be a different kind of nation, that can inspire us, challenge us to understand that we have a mutual obligation to one another, that we truly one anothers brothers and sisters keepers, that theres more that unites us than divides us. And in order to bring about that kind of change, we need the kind leadership that can touch our souls in a way that we havent felt in a long time and remind us of all the work that we need to do. We are this close to bringing about fundamental change, and i am so excited and honored to be here. But my job today is very simple because i am here
So are opera. And baroque. Couldnt be here. Im sorry. Im going to sing for you for the rest of the hour. Im just kidding. Hows everybody doing this . This is amazing. Oh, my goodness. There are a lot of you here. Its so exciting. And we are honored to be here. We have an opportunity to do Something Special to bring in leadership that we havent seen in a long, long time. The kind of leaders ship that can inspire us to be a different kind of nation, that can inspire us, challenge us to understand that we have a mutual obligation to one another, that we truly one anothers brothers and sisters keepers, that theres more that unites us than divides us. And in order to bring about that kind of change, we need the kind leadership that can touch our souls in a way that we havent felt in a long time and remind us of all the work that we need to do. We are this close to bringing about fundamental change, and i am so excited and honored to be here. But my job today is very simple because i am here
Come to order, without objective, chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Before mr. Connolly and i give Opening Statements, i want to thank everyone. Our guests, panelists, those in the audience, members and staff and everyone for how accommodating you were this morning. We had an unforeseen contingency that arose in our normal hearing room. Thank you for being so understanding. Over the past two decades, illicit drug use emerged as a Public Health and safety crisis with overdoses becoming the leading kauj of injury or death in the United States. Opioids specifically heroin and prescription pain relievers are the cause of most Overdose Deaths in the United States with a death rate more than doubling since the year 2000. In south carolina, which is where im from, at least 95 people die from heroin in 2015 which is almost twice as many as the Previous Year and more than 5660 died from the abuse of prescription opioids over the same period of time. 0 died from prescription o
Come to order, without objective, chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Before mr. Connolly and i give Opening Statements, i want to thank everyone. Our guests, panelists, those in the audience, members and staff and everyone for how accommodating you were this morning. We had an unforeseen contingency that arose in our normal hearing room. Thank you for being so understanding. Over the past two decades, illicit drug use emerged as a Public Health and safety crisis with overdoses becoming the leading kauj of injury or death in the United States. Opioids specifically heroin and prescription pain relievers are the cause of most Overdose Deaths in the United States with a death rate more than doubling since the year 2000. In south carolina, which is where im from, at least 95 people die from heroin in 2015 which is almost twice as many as the Previous Year and more than 5660 died from the abuse of prescription opioids over the same period of time. 0 died from prescription o
Before mr. Connolly and i give Opening Statements, i want to thank everyone. Our guests, panelists, those in the audience, members and staff and everyone for how accommodating you were this morning. We had an unforeseen contingency that arose in our normal hearing room. Thank you for being so understanding. Over the past two decades, illicit drug use emerged as a Public Health and safety crisis with overdoses becoming the leading kauj of injury or death in the United States. Opioids specifically heroin and prescription pain relievers are the cause of most Overdose Deaths in the United States with a death rate more than doubling since the year 2000. In south carolina, which is where im from, at least 95 people die from heroin in 2015 which is almost twice as many as the Previous Year and more than 5660 died from the abuse of prescription opioids over the same period of time. 0 died from prescription opioids over the same period of time. The epidemic is growing and lives are at stake, li