A possible settlement to resolve thousands of federal and state lawsuits the Sackler Family would give up ownership of Purdue Pharma the company blamed for much of the opiate epidemic and pay 3000000000. 00 of their own money but for that but the punishment for the socceroos wouldnt end there the times goes on report that in addition to that there are 3000000000. 00 cash payout the sackless would sell another drug company they own monday pharma and contribute an additional 1500000000. 00 from the proceeds. This could essentially force the Sackler Family out of the opioid business to the tune of 4500000000. 00 just their own expenses but are just bankruptcies and fines and does that bring justice to the millions upon millions of lives destroyed by the Opioid Epidemic lets find out as we start watching the whole us. Go to. The. Real thing its like. As you said a lot of. What they like you know that i got. With. This. Is exactly. What the watching the harks i am tyrrel for the time topica
I welcome every day for the need to reauthorize the Compensation Fund i recognize myself for a opening statement. September 11 is one of the deadliest days with almost 3000 lives lost because the terrorist attacks in the United States on the day with casualty numbers much higher and offsite and the fact that we dont know the full casualty count almost 18 years later, thats because years after 9 11 tens of thousands of First Responders who ran towards the toxic clouds unleashed on that day as well as members of the community surrounding the crash site continue to develop cancers and other diseases that prematurely end their lives. We undermined their employment like prospects with related illnesses and many people may not even be aware of that fact we continue suffering congress and in september 11 and legislation passed in 2010. We found in law and authorized the fund for five years and congress established the original fund 11 days after 9 11 to provide compensation for those physical
The [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. Maybe andrea snyder, part of bloombergs breaking news desk and Vice President of the club. Before we get started, would like to remind everyone to please silence earphones. For viewing and listening ideas, please feel free to also follow the program on twitter using the hashtag addin pc life. It seemed to introduce her head table guests. I would like to ask you to please hold your applause until all the guests are introduced and i would like each of you to please him briefly as was announced. From your right we have sarah riordan, reporter for a magazine. Fatah chief strategist in npc have letters member, currently mcwilliams for the Senior Advisor to the fda commissioner, marine, washington correspondent with use site today, jennifer rodriguez, commissioner for affairs of the u. S. Pa. The medicine and health editor, kathleen quinn, Senior Adviser to the fda commissioner. He
Of antarctica a woman faster than anywhere else on the planet this is having an effect on wildlife and as altering deep ocean currents which regulate the worlds climate from the poles to the equator. As antarcticas ice melts were seeing global sea levels rise and unpredictable changes to with world wide. And this earth rise special we visit the worlds most remote consonant to see the effects of Climate Change firsthand. Im tired as an obvious winning the next month on this Research Vessel travelling around antarctica with a group of scientists who are trying to understand how the changes taking place there will affect us all. Join the expedition and hobart australia the Russian Research ship academy contrition a cough has been hired by the Swiss Polar Institute to circumnavigate antarctica. Itll be a floating the bar tree from which fifty five scientists will do twenty two different experiments. David wallsten has been visiting antarctica for more than fifty years and is the expedition
Talks about the agenda and related issues. He is recently back from puerto rico where heat who word damage to pharmaceutical companies. He will also assess the impact the hurricane had on the u. S. Drug supply. Carly mcwilliams, Senior Advisor to the fda commissioner, a washington correspondent with usa today, jennifer rodriguez, assistant commissioner for media at the usda, dena fine, medicine and Health Editor for scientific america, kathleen quinn, Senior Advisor to the fda commissioner. Here we have lisa matthews, Vice President of hager sharp and coleader of the National Press club Headliners Team. Skipping over our guest for a moment, we have bill pierce. doctor charles snyderman, health and science correspondent for audio video news. Thank you for joining us. [applause] id also like to take one moment to acknowledge additional members of the Headliners Team responsible for organizing todays luncheon. Betsy fisher martin, laurie, heather and press club staff liaison, lindsay. Tha