The subcommittee will come to order. I will 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 report deaths of those counties. The latest figures from the centers for Disease Control and prevention is astounding. 91 americans die every day from an overdose. Now more than ever we must come together and strengthen our commitment to fight this. I expect todays members will bring to the forefront key insights and potential solutions on this critical issue. In the previous congress, the energy and Commerce Committee led several initiatives to help address the the Opioid Epidemic. The comprehensive recovery act and the 21st century cures a
Paul senator flake echoing familiar refrain from democrats in capitol hill with kavanaugh and accuser Christine Blasey ford. Each of these allegations should be investigated by the fbi. You want to reach the truth, the easy way to do that is ask the fbi to investigate. Judge kavanaugh if he truly believes theres no evidence, no witnesses that can prove your case should be joining us and demanding author refbi investigation. Paul judge, michael served as 81st attorney general of the United States, judge welcome, good to have you back again. Good to be here. Paul the focus on the fbi and theres a lot of misunderstanding and just what the fbi does in circumstances of involving nominees, its not a criminal probe, is it . No, it is not, it is the fbi conducting interviews with people who know or know about person being considered for office and they ask questions along various axis, having to do with the persons background, having to do with their character, reputation, having to do with fi
Republicans get the message. Did you hear about this freaking caravan . While democrats focus on health care. Protections for preexisting conditions. Preexisting conditions. Preexisting conditions. And portray republicans as out of the mainstream. I drew an opponent who was way, way over there. Two weeks ago until the midterms. Joining me this morning, democratic minority whip senator dick durbin of illinois and the vice chairman of the Republican Senate campaign committee, tom tillis of north carolina. Plus, is the republican postkavanaugh surge real or are we just seeing a natural closing of the midterms . We have a brandnew nbc news wall street journal poll out this morning with some unusual results that should make both parties a little nervous. And the man whose expletivefilled interview got him fired from the white house, former Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci joins me on what its like to work for President Trump. Joining for me insight and analysis are nbc news corres
senator durbin. welcome back to meet the press, sir. good to be with you, chuck. i know you couldn t see that package, but you could hear it. the last voice in there was phil bredson running for that u.s. senate seat in tennessee, calling for a, quote, change of players when it comes to the democratic leadership. you re a member of this democratic leadership. when you hear that, is there going to be a change of players between yourself, senator schumer, nancy pelosi, or make your case for why it isn t necessary. chuck, that s tomorrow s newspaper. today s newspaper is about an election on november 6th. and let me tell you what we re doing. we re focusing on the issues that make a difference. i know that you probably had the pre-existing condition phrase in there a dozen times in that lead-in. that s because the american people put that as the highest priority. they want protection for their families. they know the republicans have voted consistently to take away that protection