So let me remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidelines, all individuals attending the hearing in person must wear a Face Mask unless they are talking. And members who are not wearing a Face Mask will not be recognized. For members of hearing remotely, you are familiar with zoom by now but let me remind you of a few points. House rules require that we see you so please have your cameras turned on at all times. Secondly, members appearing remotely who are not recognized should remain muted to mimic minimize background noise. I will recognize members early but members retain the right to seek recognition verbally in regular order, they will be recognized by security. If you want to be recognized outside of regular order, you may identify that in several ways, you may use the Chat Action to submit a request, you may send an email to the majority staff, or you may unmute your mic to seek recognition. We will begin the hearing in just a moment when they tell me they are ready to be
I hope every member of this committee will work together to see these important reforms enacted into law. Thank you. The young lady yields back. Mr. Carol, you are now recognized for your testimony. Good morning. [ inaudible ] could you pull your mike and make sure the red light is on . Were having trouble hearing you. I apologize. Thank you. Thank you Chairwoman Maloney. Todays hearing is about looking back at and what and appropriately holding responsible those who committed horrible and wrongful acts. It is important that we do that. But its also important as we look back that we focus on what is happening today, what is happening now. The Coronavirus Pandemic of the last 15 months has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. Thankfully, we are now recovering and america is healing. We now need to turn our collective focus to the ongoing and worsening crisis of addiction and the resulting fatal overdoses that have killed what might be 100,000 people during the same
So let me remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidelines, all individuals attending the hearing in person must wear a Face Mask unless they are talking. And members who are not wearing a Face Mask will not be recognized. For members of hearing remotely, you are familiar with zoom by now but let me remind you of a few points. House rules require that we see you so please have your cameras turned on at all times. Secondly, members appearing remotely who are not recognized should remain muted to mimic minimize background noise. I will recognize members early but members retain the right to seek recognition verbally in regular order, they will be recognized by security. If you want to be recognized outside of regular order, you may identify that in several ways, you may use the Chat Action to submit a request, you may send an email to the majority staff, or you may unmute your mic to seek recognition. We will begin the hearing in just a moment when they tell me they are ready to be
More than 87,000 americans died over a 12 Month Period from drug doses. That eclipses the total from any year since the opioid epidemic began in the 1990s. The biggest jump in overdose deaths took place in april and may when stress were rampant, the New York times rights, and restrictive lockdown measures were in effect. That preliminary data released by the Cdc Show 29 rise in overdose deaths from october 2019 through september 2020 compared with the previous 12 months compared with the previous 12 months. Yesterday from the Hill Newspaper Story on that hearing, congressman maloney, the chair of the oversight committee, pressed lawmakers to approve legislation meant to prevent the sakker family, the owners of the company producing oxycontin from the crisis. It would allow them this from a portion of chairwoman maloneys opening statement yesterday. [video clip] over the past two decades, nearly half a million people have died as a result of the opioid academic opioid epidemic. Yet, the
, former senior counsel to the House Intelligence Committee and discusses recent Ransomware Attacks on infrastructure. Jamil jaffer former senior counsel to House Intelligence Committee. Host good morning. It is june 9, 2021. A hearing focused on the key opioid makers played in the crisis, coming amid recent data that opioid deaths were third in deaths at historic levels. We are hearing from you on what the opioid surge has been like on the ground in your community. With phone lines split this way, if you have been impacted by the opioid crisis, 202 7488000. Medical professionals, 202 7488001. All others, 202 7488002. You can also send as a Text Message this morning, 202 7488003. If you do, include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media on twitter at, cspanwj. On facebook. Com cspan. A good wednesday morning. Go ahead and start calling you now. We will get to your phone calls but first, the grim numbers on the opioid crisis during the pandemic fro