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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20151113

And the inspired action you took to come to the aid of the veteran in crisis. Thank you all for the work that you do day in and day out on behalf of those who have served. A few weeks ago i had the honor of meeting with robert mcdonald, the secretary of the va. Secretary mcdonald is a man who has time and again answered the call of duty to his and our nation. He graduated from the United States military academy at west point in the top 2 of his class in 1975. An army veteran. Mr. Mcdonald served with the 82nd airborne division, completed jungle, arctic, desert warfare training, earned the ranger tab, that expert infantry men badge. Senior parachutist wing. Upon leaving military service, captain mcdonald was awarded the Meritorious Service medal. But mr. Mcdonalds expertise as a soldier is equal by his business beingaccumen. He earned a degree from the university of utah a ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Politics Public Policy Today 20141029

Agency, dea, to try to get scheduled narcotics on to electronic prescribing. And after years of bureaucratic battle, finally the regulations came out. I think that facilitates via electronic prescribing Prescription Drug monitoring, when you no longer have to go and ask for the paper scripts from individual doctors or from individual pharmacies, you can look at a database and you can see, wait a minute this, fellow is a podiatrist. Why are they prescribing oxycodo oxycodone . They prescribed 500 capsules last month and now theyre prescribing 5,000. Wait a minute. This person has gone to five doctors in five pharmacies for the same prescription. Whats going on . It opens investigatory doors. And yet, years later, its now electronic prescribing for all this stuff. The Prescription Drug monitoring programs dont seem to have yet really come online as a proper investigative ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Substance And Alcohol Abuse 20141029

State university and the university of south dakota law school. From 1973 through 1990, he was a states attorney and prosecuted hundreds of felony cases. He served as the chief Deputy Attorney general for south dakota. In 2002 was elected t eed the s Dakota Attorney general. He has been a judge since then. He created the 24 7 Sobriety Program you will hear about today. Its a zero Tolerance Program for alcohol abusing offenders that give them a chance to dry out and walk right without going to prison. It has been recognized as being effective, efficient and humane. In 2008, council of state governments saw the merit in the program by awarding it an innovations award. The institute for behavior and Health Awar ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20141029

Afraid to save the life of a Family Member or a loved one because of legal liability. I recently introduced a bill called the opiate overdose reduction act. Its a simple solution to a problem. It extends protections to people who step in to save the lives of a person who is overdosing by administering a drug and that we need a National Good samaritan law so that people will step in. How many lives do you think would be saved if we had such a law . We know one of prime issues why people overdose and die is failure to call 911 in an emergency. Clearly, signaling to people that they shouldnt be afraid to call 911 is a significant advancement in how were going to reduce overdose deaths. A Good Samaritan law would help here . Absolutely. Do you agree with that. Yes. And i think thats really something we can do to pass a law whi ....

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