Classic moments of life and in 2011, it was selected in the issue, one of the best photos in life magazine for the past 75 years. American history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on cspan3. The house energy and commerce subcommittee on health met yesterday to hear testimony from members of congress about how the nations Opioid Epidemic has affected their districts and their constituents. Texas congressman, michael burgess, chaired this hearing. Its three hours and fifteen minutes. The subcommittee will come to order and ill recognize myself for an opening statement. The United States of america is in the midst of a fierce battle against an epidemic brought to us by opioids. It does not matter where you live, this crisis has touched every corner of american society. While new england and the ohio valley regions represent states hardest hit by the epidemic, Health Officials from the south and reaching across the Mountain West all report a growing number of Overdose Deaths in those c
The Opioid Crisis in your community . If you live in eastern and central time zones, call 2027488000. Mountain and pacific region, call 2027488001. If you have been personally affected by the Opioid Crisis, call 2027488002. Andocial media cspanwj facebook. Com cspan. We want to hear your stories about how the Opioid Crisis has affected you in your community. The chart from the cdc is an overview of the epidemic. You see the numbers spiking among men and women of all races and of all age groups. 2011rom overdoses of and continuing to presentday. Statistic, that conveys the sheer scale of the u. S. Opioid crisis. They say in West Virginia officials has spent nearly 1 million on the transportation of corpses in the fiscal year ending june 30. They told a newspaper that the number of body transports nearly doubled from 2015 to 27th 2017 at 880 people died in the state of overdoses last year, the highest rate in the u. S. And in ballmer had to come out of retirement. , spokeessman, republic
Order and for an opening statement. In the midst of a fierce battle against an epidemic by opioids. This crisis has touched every corner of american society. Whielt new england and the regions represent states hardest hit by the epidemic. Health officials from the south and reaching across the Mountain West all reported growing over dose deaths in those counties. The latest deaths is astounding. 91 americans died every day from an over dose. Now more than ever we must come together and strengthen our commitment to fight this malady. I expect todays member state will bring to the forefront key insights and solutions on this critical issue. The energy in Congress Committee led several bipartisan initiatives. And the comprehensive Addiction Recovery alct and the 21st century act are now law at the state and local levels. Much needed policy changes are being implemented. The inflicted passage of kara and cures. As a result, patients now have greater access to evidencebased treatment, adiks
Those are only two of my good things. I dont want to tell you about the bad things. But he really helped me. I had had had somebody that guided me and he had a very, very tough life because of alcohol, believe me. Members of the u. S. House met recently about combatting the Opioid Epidemic. They also shared their own stories in dealing with opioids and other drugs. Subcommittee will come to order and for an opening statement. In the midst of a fierce battle against an epidemic by opioids. This crisis has touched every corner of american society. Whielt new england and the regions represent states hardest hit by the epidemic. Health officials from the south and reaching across the Mountain West all reported growing over dose deaths in those counties. The latest deaths is astounding. 91 americans died every day from an over dose. Now more than ever we must come together and strengthen our commitment to fight this malady. I expect todays member state will bring to the forefront key insigh
You may not have felt pressure. If he is even asking, to me that is a very relevant piece of information. At least in terms of the conversation with admin rogers, we will give at least another individuals version. At some point, these facts have to come out. Senator refressh. Thank you, director coats and admiral rogers for your testimony. With all due respect from my colleague from virginia, i think you have cleared up substantially your direct testimony that you have never been pressured by anyone including the president of the United States, to do something illegal, immoral or anything else. Thank you for that. A live look at the Senate Intelligence hearing there in washington, d. C. Neither rogers of the nsa nor coats of the dni believe it is appropriate to discuss conversations they have had with the president in a public session, not commenting on whether or not they would Say Something similar in a private session. We are watching this as we work our way through this day and pre