Dive into our witness testimony as well. Since 1999 more than 700,000 people have died from a Drug Overdose in the United States. Increased opioid addiction and the production of deadly synthetic opioids have exasperated americans staggering death rate. In 2017 more than 70,000 people died from Drug Overdoses making it the leading cause of death in the United States. Of those 60 involved prescription opioids such as fentanyl. American. Up better against the Opioid Epidemic in 2018 when more than 10 Million People aged 12 or older abuse to opioids. 2 Million People suffered from an opioid use disorder and on average 130 americans die each day from an opioid overdose. We know the untimely death from widespread abuse of prescription and nonprescription opioids but they know from our familys neighbors and friends of the Opioid Crisis is not over. We must continue contending with this crisis. That being said we have made Great Strides in the past three years to help combat this crippling ep
Overdose in the United States. Increased opioid addiction and a production of deadly synthetic opioids have exasperated american staggering overdosed death rate. In 2017, more than 70000 people died from Drug Overdoses making it the leading cause of injury related death in the United States. Of those, 60 involve prescription opioids and illicit opioid such as fentanyl. Americans fared no better against Opioid Epidemic in 2018 when more than 10 Million People aged 12 or older of abused opioid in 2 Million People suffered from an opioid use disorder and on average 130 americans died each day from an opioid openers. We did not know that some cost and disrupted lives or untimely deaths from widespread misuse of prescription and nonprescription opioids but we know from our family, our neighbors and our friend who bear the enduring lost loved ones that the opio crisis is not over. We must continue contending with this crisis. That being said, we made Great Strides over the past three years t
Joining us to discuss this issue gigi sohn, former fcc chair tom wheelers adviser currently with the Georgetown Law Institute for technology. And the Senior Vice President at u. S. Telecom, trade Association Patrick halley washington, d. C. Give us of lawyers assessment of what the d. C. Court of appeals ruled. The d. C. Court of appeals ruled that the secs decision was permissible in the industry storing Internet Freedom order. And it was completely upheld. As a big win for consumers and innovators and a big win for broadband in america. Essentially, with the court said to that the secs decision regulate Broadband Internet access as an Information Service as it largely has been for the last 20 years outside of a twoyear. Under the title to order, was permissible. It is consistent with Supreme Court precedent and this d. C. Circuit judge going to make a determination that the fccs classification was incorrect. Because it is within their discretion as the Expert Agency to classify broad
This week on the communicators, discussion of the recent d. C. Court of appeals decision on internet regulation, also known as Net Neutrality. Joining us to discuss this issue gigi sohn, former fcc chair tom wheelers adviser, currently with the Georgetown Law Institute for technology. And the Senior Vice President at u. S. Telecom, trade Association Patrick halley washington, d. C. Give us of lawyers assessment of what the d. C. Court of appeals ruled. The d. C. Court of appeals ruled that the secs decision was permissible in the industry storing Internet Freedom order. It was completely upheld. It was a big win for consumers and innovators and a big win for broadband in america. Essentially, with the court said was that the secs decision to regulate Broadband Internet access as an Information Service as it largely has been for the last 20 years outside of a twoyear period. Under the title to order, was permissible. It is consistent with Supreme Court precedent and this d. C. Circuit j
The hearing will come to order. Director wray, appreciate you coming over. Try to get you out of here by 1 00. You have an agency to run. Well do seven minute rounds. If theres cleanup, well try to accommodate. Briefly, the oversight hearing comes at an important time. Even though theres no evidence the russians changed the tally of the 2016 election, i think they exceeded their wildest expectations in terms of interfering with the 2016 election. I think all of us are interested in what to do to make sure it doesnt happen in 2020. I am very interested in what china is doing, section 2015 authorities are about to expire. I want to hear from the director what that means to the country. We have a fisa warrant investigation coming soon, a problem with media leaks at the fbi. Having said all that, it has been a difficult time for the fbi. Lets not let a few bad actors taint a great organization. Before we start, we appreciate what you do. Without their service, this country would be a dange