Held a hearing on the growing problem of individuals buying illicit opioids over the internet and shipping them to the United States through the mail. The Opioid Crisis, sadly, continues to get worse, not better. Last month, the center for Disease Control reported that more than 63,000 americans died in 2016 from Drug Overdoses. Indications are that number increased in 2017. These Overdose Deaths are shocking. The number of deaths continue to grow. My own home state of ohio, we were told recently is now second in the country in terms of Overdose Deaths. Its heartbreaking. And increasingly, these overdoses are due to a synthetic heroin, illegal versions of fentanyl, a drug that is 50 to 100 times stronger than heroin. In fact, in ohio, fentanyl and its variations were involved in 60 of the Overdose Deaths last year. So, its become the number one killer in ohio. The vast majority of illegal fentanyl is purchased online from labs in china and then shipped to the United States through the
Congress. President trumps date of the Union Address, tuesday at five on cspan. Live on the free cspan radio and alive on your tablet at cspan. Org. The Senate Permanent subcommittee on investigation held a hearing yesterday on how drug traffickers get opioid and other drugs through the us postal system. Witnesses at the hearing from work from the state department and Border Protection, Drug Enforcement administration and immigration and Customs Enforcement. This hearing will come to order. Thank you all for being here. Todays hearing continues the permit subcommittee on investigations work to combat the Opioid Epidemic that is ripping our communities across the country. The last congress subcommittee issued a bipartisan report on opioid related fraud and abuse in the Medicare Part b program. This Congress Committee held a hearing on the growing problem of individuals by illicit opioids over the internet and shipping them to the United States through the mail. The Opioid Crisis sadly c
Would say Historical Perspectives are important and policymaking. But there is much less understanding about how to actually link perspectives to policymaking a when, where, and what context it is appropriate. A series of panels about history and policy with federal historians who are often those closest to policymaking and might have some valuable thoughts to offer. We all appreciate that inside. My name is claire altman, i am the directory of the federal Judicial Center in washington, d c. It is the research and Education Agency and the History Office is responsible to promote programs and work to preserve the history of the judiciary. I am honored to be joined by four other historians. I will introduce them now and will assume since there biographies are relevant that they will fill in if i have missed any key points. Each will speak 57 minutes and then you will have a moderated discussion. I will start to my immediate right. A historian at the state Department Responsible for the F
Would say Historical Perspectives are important and policymaking. But there is much less understanding about how to actually link perspectives to policymaking a when, where, and what context it is appropriate. A series of panels about history and policy with federal historians who are often those closest to policymaking and might have some valuable thoughts to offer. We all appreciate that inside. My name is claire altman, i am the directory of the federal Judicial Center in washington, d c. It is the research and Education Agency and the History Office is responsible to promote programs and work to preserve the history of the judiciary. I am honored to be joined by four other historians. I will introduce them now and will assume since there biographies are relevant that they will fill in if i have missed any key points. Each will speak 57 minutes and then you will have a moderated discussion. I will start to my immediate right. A historian at the state Department Responsible for the F
Everyone agreed many historians would say Historical Perspectives are important and policymaking. But there is much less understanding about how to actually link perspectives to policymaking and when, where, and what context it is appropriate. The National History center thought that in a series of panels about history and policy , federal government historians, who are often those closest to policymaking, might have some valuable thoughts to offer. We all appreciate that insight. My name is claire altman, i am the directory of the federal Judicial Center in washington, dc. It is the research and Education Agency and the History Office is responsible for increasing knowledge about the history of the federal courts, promoting programs on the history of the federal courts, and we work to preserve the history of the judiciary. I am honored to be joined by 4 other federal government historians. I will introduce them now and will assume since their biographies are relevant that they will fi