Good morning. I want everybody to get acs soon as possible and get started here up to six conference, the Fourth Annual six conference. Of applause. Round i am so happy to be here. So happy to see you all here. , theeminded of my time conference, and to see the rate that this organization has grown. Our growth is only due to u. N. Your commitment to moving the to you and your commitment to moving the progressive agenda. Give yourself a round of applause. Ater last years election, lot of people wrote off the progressives, that there was no way we could come back. If you look around the country and you see the state special elections, the people are on our side. Again, the ideas are on our side. The energy is with us. If we keep this moving, going forward, we will see a progressive resurgence like never before. [applause] as a former legislator has participated in every conference and a member of the six step, it is amazing to see the support growth from 13 to 30 staff members. People wo
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Online viewers around the world. Good morning and welcome. I ellen mckenzie, dean of the Johns Hopkins school of Public Health. I would like to start by extending a special welcome to president bill clinton. And also joining us today, several policymakers leading the way in Health Reform including congressman elijah couplings and dr. Lianna wynn who will join us here in the program. Also in the audience. Congressman john sarbanes, Antonio Hayes and representation from senator ben carsons office. I would like to extend an especially warm welcome to senator Barbara Mikulski whom we are now proud to call [ applause ] who we are proud to call one of our own. Thank you so much for being here. We are indeed honored to be working with the Clinton Foundation to bring you todays summit on one of our most important Public Health problems, americas Opioid Epidemic. This is a National Crisis that demands involvement from all levels of government, public and private organizations as well as from in
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