approval of minutes for the july 20, 2021 regular meeting. for members of the public who wish to provide public comment, dial 888-808-6929, meeting i.d. 9961164. to raise your hand, press one, then zero. thank you. before i open it up to public comment, i ll open it up to commissioners for any comments. for members of the public, if you would like to make public comment, now is your opportunity. moderator, are there any callers on the line? operator: you have three callers on the line. okay. if you are calling on the meeting minutes of july 20, please go ahead and speak. hello? hello? did someone press one, zero to be in the queue? perhaps, moderator, you can move to a different line and come back to that one. operator: you have two questions remaining. go ahead, speaker. hello. i pressed for slow streets, but i guess that s coming up later. okay. that s 11, several items down later. we re on item 4, so it ll probably be at least 20 to 30 minutes before we get t
host: congratulations on the stunning success of empire of pain. you have really hit it out of the park. and no wonder. in my view not only of someone who has written a book about the opioid crisis but also someone who has spent a lot of time with families impacted by it. you have written a riveting narrative on investigative journalism. not only does it have the documents but you addicted to torment the yoga teachers the secretary to lawn care folks some of whom themselves were addicted to oxycontin. empire of pain is an immigrant story and a family saga and a page-turner about who wielded power in america. a reviewer in new york magazine sara jones really nailed it when she said in a beautiful review of your book she wrote this country concluded long ago that it would trade the public good for whatever tycoons would shed. she is of course referring to the rent seeking behaviors like perdue as well as regulatory failures that repeatedly knee capped the fda and the
host: congratulations on the stunning success of empire of pain. you have really hit it out of the park. and no wonder. in my view not only of someone who has written a book about the opioid crisis but also someone who has spent a lot of time with families impacted by it. you have written a riveting narrative on investigative journalism. not only does it have the documents but you addicted to torment the yoga teachers the secretary to lawn care folks some of whom themselves were addicted to oxycontin. empire of pain is an immigrant story and a family saga and a page-turner about who wielded power in america. a reviewer in new york magazine sara jones really nailed it when she said in a beautiful review of your book she wrote this country concluded long ago that it would trade the public good for whatever tycoons would shed. she is of course referring to the rent seeking behaviors like perdue as well as regulatory failures that repeatedly knee capped the fda and the
october 19 regular meeting. for members of the public, the phone number is 888-808-6929 and the access code is 9961164. are there any additions or corrections that you ve noticed? seeing none, we ll open it up to public comment. moderator, are there callers on the line? operator: you have one question remaining. yes. please. caller: can you hear me now? we can. [laughter] caller: ok. the good news is i just got home. the bad news is i don t have access to the computer right this second. so, if i find anything on the minutes, i can communicate that to secretary silva and approve them with, you know, some limited discussion, if there is a typo, that would be much appreciated. keep up the good work. thanks. thank you. moderator, are there additional callers on the line? operator: you have zero questions remaining. we ll close public comment. directors, the items before you. so moved. second. secretary silva, can you please call the roll? on the motion to ap
888-808-6929 and the access code is 9961164. are there any additions or corrections that you ve noticed? seeing none, we ll open it up to public comment. moderator, are there callers on the line? operator: you have one question remaining. yes. please. caller: can you hear me now? we can. [laughter] caller: ok. the good news is i just got home. the bad news is i don t have access to the computer right this second. so, if i find anything on the minutes, i can communicate that to secretary silva and approve them with, you know, some limited discussion, if there is a typo, that would be much appreciated. keep up the good work. thanks. thank you. moderator, are there additional callers on the line? operator: you have zero questions remaining. we ll close public comment. directors, the items before you. so moved. second. secretary silva, can you please call the roll? on the motion to approve the minutes [roll call] the minutes are approved. that brings us