Ranking democrat is Elijah Cummings. Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to hopkins. My name is redondo miller. Redonda miller. I have as president of the hospital the distinct pleasure of welcoming youall to our institution. As president i have also had the immense pleasure and privilege of working closely with congressman Elijah Cummings on a variety of issues and were grateful for his steadfast leadership, nationally and on behalf of his local constituents here. Were truly lucky to count ourselves among those he had a has expertly represented for more than two decades. And chairman gowdy, were honored to be a part of the House Oversight and government reform committees efforts find Meaningful Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic. Thank you all for being here today. It is no secret that were in the throes of a crisis thats reached Epic Proportions throughout our country. Baltimore is no exception. In 2016 we average nearly two fatal opioid overdoses in this city per day. This is a problem i
Afternoon, everyone. Welcome to hopkins. I have the distinct pleasure of welcoming you all to the institution. As the president ive often had the immense pleasure and privilege of working closely with congressman Elijah Cummings on a variety of issues and we are grateful for his steadfast leadership nationally and on behalf of his local constituents we are lucky to count ourselves among those hes represented from more than two decades. We are honored to be a part of the house government reform committees efforts to find Meaningful Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic. Thank you all for being here today. It is no secret that we are in the throes of a crisis that has reached Epic Proportions throughout the country, and baltimore is no exception. In 2016, weve averaged nearly two fatal opioid doses in the city per day. This is a problem in need of thoughtful answers as both an anchor institution and steward of health care for the local communities, hopkins takes the problem very seriously. We
Impose a new set of regulations under the employment Retirement Income security act or erisa on a greatly expanded number of people. Under current law, brokers and dealers that provide services to retirement plans are already heavily regulated. They are not, however, automatically consider labor law fiduciaries and therefore they are not subject to the increased liability provided under erisa. Instead, these Service Providers are subject to regulations issued by the securities and Exchange Commission to protect investors from fraud and ensure transparency. Under the new d. O. L. Rule, virtually any broker that provides Investment Advice of any kind to individuals regarding their individual retirement accounts or iras will be considered a pension plan fiduciary subject to Higher Standards and greater liability. As my colleagues have aptly noted, this rule will reduce the availability of Investment Advice for retirees and make the advice that is available more expensive which will have a
In april, one of the top 21 entries will air on cspan. All winning entries is available for viewing online at student cam. Org. White House National drug policy director Michael Botticelli testified tuesday on the federal governments efforts to combat heroine and prescription opioid addictions. This hearing is about three hours. Id like to call the hearing to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. The order of business this morning will be as follows. We will begin the hearing with Opening Statements from myself, the Ranking Member, and other members are welcome to submit Opening Statements, and with mr. Comings support we will leave the record open for five days, legislative days, for additional comments or statements. Without objection, so ordered. When we complete the Opening Statements, we will turn to our panel of witnesses. The have five distinguish Witnesses Today, three at the federal level, one at the state and one of the local, for ou