[gavel banging] welcome, everybody, and thank you for your attendance, particularly those who have to testify and answer questions for us because i know you put in a lot of extra work to be ready for it. This hearing is on the oversight of a bill that has a long name called insuring Patient Access and effective Drug Enforcement act. Now somebody is going to have us pronunciation for the acronym. Im not going to. Im going to refer to as the law and the bill. Some would like to see this law repealed. Others insist that it should remain in place. I havent made my mind up on that issue. So i am interestedn hearing both sides of the argumt. This discussion is particularly important giving the continuing Opioid Epidemic that has ravaged this country through the past several years. I do have concerns with how we got to where we are today and the discussions that were having today. When Congress Took this bill up in 2015, and 2016, there was little, to no fanfare about the proposal. The basic
In the election. A few weeks ago we had the privilege of bestowing the. Ongressional gold medal it was so remarkable because it becauseverdue, but also of the very same time we were appealing to our colleagues to pass a bipartisan Voting Rights act to correct the shelby decision. That has still not happened but we must make it happen. In order to make it happen, we all must vote. As i said, it is a privilege to be here. To accept the invitation of the Congressional Black Caucus foundation. Another privilege i had more than year ago was standing on the steps with the congressional members of cbc on the steps of the Supreme Court. They were there calling upon the court to make the right decision. That very day we were meeting in the house of representatives to dedicate the statue of rosa parks. Are strange, dedicating a statute to rosa parks, people turn out in a bipartisan way to salute her, and yet we have to appeal to the court to do the right thing. When they dont, they sing the prai
Another one for you voters. That thoseake sure toolkits talk about not only registering the vote, what is going on the local communities, that they also talk about making sure that people stay engaged, because the problem is the reason people dont want to go to the polls is because they get disgusted putting people in office who dont do what they were promised to do. They get angry that they are not making sure their children are having the best education. They get upset when the mayor is not holding the police force accountable. Let me interject. Thats why we have to make sure we hold people accountable and that we engage in this process all the time. Greathink you make a point. Thank you ray much. Thank you very much. We throughout the word account of early all the time. Why arent we holding mayors accountable . Why arent we Holding State legislatures accountable . In cities that have 2000 churches, very few of those members attend city council meetings. Activees where we have organi
92yearold retired judge, out of michigan. He is an incredible guy. He told me once, look, wade, you walk across floors you never scrubbed. You walk through doors you never opened. You have an obligation to do that for those who come behind you. Thats why at 92 he is raising hell and encouraging people to do what is necessary. So, yes, you did walk across floors you never scrubbed. Yes, you do walk through doors you never opened. The key is using the power that we already have in our hands to determine the outcome of change of the we want to see. Thank you so much. What was your question, jeff . My question was please, round of applause is all right. [applause] yes. How do we begin to play a more sophisticated Financial Game in electoral politics . You know, i just go back to the principle all politics is local. Right. It is local. It is not national because coming from our organization and our Community Levels we can go national. That is easy enough to do. And were already organized to
This puts him obviously in direct conflict with his boss. The ag left the white house just about an hour ago. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts tonight from the lawn. Good evening, john. Earlier this fall bill barr claim that mass mailin voting would be right for fraud and abuse. But today he shaved a similar claim from President Trump he had never seen anything that would overturn the results of the election. It was a declaration that drew a sharp response from the Trump Campaign. Attorney general bill barr telling the Associated Press to date we have not seen fraud on a skill to affect a different outcome in the election. The president s attorneys Rudy Giuliani and chana ellis firing back with all do respect to the attorney general, there hasnt been the department of justice investigation. We have gathered ample evidence of illegal voting in at least six states, which they have not examined. Some of that evidence was brought forward by republican lawmakers at a hear