Four of 1983. A vote card is considered armed and dangerous. He is a Person Of Interest, however, and thats what well label him that moving forward until that changes. If people see him, they should not approach cars or make contact with him in any way. A massive active shooter manhunt underway this hour in lewiston, maine. It follows the shooting death of at least 22 people in several locations. Again, everybody, im kevin caught live in washington. And im marianne rafferty, live in los angeles. A shelter in place order remains in effect as Law Enforcement look for suspect robert card, the Person Of Interest. Hes a Firearms Instructor who was recently treated at a Mental Health facility. Joining us now is fox news correspondent bill manoogian, who has been covering this for us all evening. Bill, what can you tell us . Whats the latest on or actually, were going to go to david spunt first. David, what can you tell us as far as the justice what the Justice Department is doing at this hou
Dreamland the true tale of americas opiate epidemic. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then i will introduce the witness, then with her from mr. Quinones, and then senators will each have five minutes of questions. Since his are only witness i suggested to him that if he wants to take a little more than five minutes to say whatever he has to say, we would welcome that, but who will be plenty conversation back and forth from members of the committee. Mr. Quinones, it is unusual to have a single witness at our hearing but this is an unusual topic, one you quote Washington State Research Professor Gary Franklin is calling the worst manmade epidemic in history. The challenge this crisis present has captured the attention of a member of this committee. The research and writing has been acclaimed for the depth and breadth so this is what we call a bipartisan hearing, most of ours hour. One in which a a democrats and republicans agreed on the topic, its important, a
Pensions committee. This is part of a series of hearings the committee is holding on the epidemic. Senate committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will please come to order. Today, we turn our attention again to the Opioid Crisis. The nations number one Public Health challenge. Our witness today is sam quinones, the author of dreamland, a true tale of americas opiate epidemic. Senator murray and i will each have an opening statement, then ill introduce the witness. Then well hear from mr. Quinones, and then senators will each have five minutes of questions. Since hes our only witness, i have suggested to him if he wants to take a little more than five minutes to say whatever he has to say, we would welcome that. But there will be plenty of conversation back and forth with members of the committee. Member quinones, it is unusual to have a single witness at our hearings. But this is an unusual topic, one you quote Washington State Research Professor Gary Franklin as calling th
20 years. Weve been at this for a year and and a half or two years. It seems to me as a culture we need to learn patience. And not believing Silver Bullet answers. Like the mysteries of human pain. It is a complicated thing. Weve not solve this problem in the air and half or two years i would say of course not. We just need to keep working at it. These things exist because they took a long time for these things to exist. And Law Enforcement i would say, in general, some of the most innovative folks and innovative things i have seen come from Law Enforcement. We think not. Think Law Enforcement will be holding onto the old ways. No. Ive been amazed to see remarkably innovative ideas that come out of Law Enforcement. The one that you mentioned is one of them. One that i mentioned in my written testimony is about the transformation of jail. I believe if we come out of this with a new kind of jail, the new way that jail is run as you see actually in the state of kentucky, 2000 jails during
The committee will please come to order. We turn our attention to the opiate crisis. The nations number one Public Health challenge. Our witnesses sam, the author dream and, true to of americas opiate epidemic. Senator moran i will have an opening statement. Though will hear from our witness. Ive suggested if he wants to take more than five minutes to say what he has to say we would welcome that. Theres plenty of conversation back and forth it is unusual to have a single witness utter hearing. This is an unusual topic. One you quote gary franken is the worst madman epidemic in history. The challenge it presents has captured the attention of every member. This is what we call the bipartisan hearing. Most wars are. Democrats and republicans have agreed on the topic, on its importance in the witness. Its my hope that will restrain from lecturing one another and Health Insurance and focus on the topic. This kills more americans every day than car accidents. In each state were reminded of t