Congress. President trumps date of the Union Address, tuesday at five on cspan. Live on the free cspan radio and alive on your tablet at cspan. Org. The Senate Permanent subcommittee on investigation held a hearing yesterday on how drug traffickers get opioid and other drugs through the us postal system. Witnesses at the hearing from work from the state department and Border Protection, Drug Enforcement administration and immigration and Customs Enforcement. This hearing will come to order. Thank you all for being here. Todays hearing continues the permit subcommittee on investigations work to combat the Opioid Epidemic that is ripping our communities across the country. The last congress subcommittee issued a bipartisan report on opioid related fraud and abuse in the Medicare Part b program. This Congress Committee held a hearing on the growing problem of individuals by illicit opioids over the internet and shipping them to the United States through the mail. The Opioid Crisis sadly c
Will spend the rest of his life in a u. S. Prison. No other cartel has been special for bringing in more drugs than the u. S. He amassed over 14 billion of personal wealth. Today 12 americans, four men and eight women after 34 hours of deliberations found him guilty. The most important count was count one, continuing in a criminal enterprise. El chapo stared at the jury during the entire time the verdict was read. Staring at them. He did not smile as he had throughout the entire trial. He blew a kiss to his wife, emma, who has been arriving and being at court every day throughout the trial. Moments ago, the prosecution talked about the significance of this case. A fence from which theres a escape or no return, this is a victory for the American People who have suffered so long and so much while guzman made billions, pouring poison over our southern border. Again, the jury took six days which surprised some given the avalanche of witnesses. 16 witnesses testified, people that knew el ch