The United States alone. These lives were taken much too soon and unnecessarily and unfairly. For each life lost other Family Members and parents and loved ones who have to pick up the pieces and right there in the middle of the suffering was Purdue Pharma the manufacture of a highly addictive Prescription Drug painkiller oxycontin. This company played a central role in the most devastating Public Health crisis. Purdue has generated more than 35 billion in revenue since bringing oxycontin to market. Been in the family since 1952 they have profited enormously in the oxycontin business since bringing the painkiller to market the family has withdrawn more than 10 billion from the company purdue has now admitted after he got caught or after it pled guilty and paid a fine it continued to commit crimes for another decade like nothing happened. Documents contained by our committee by state attorneys general that members were directly involved with the daytoday operations of the company and la
[gavel pounds] chairwoman murkowski good morning. We are meeting to consider the nomination of the honorable Jennifer Granholm, the former governor of michigan, to be our next secretary of energy. Im starting off the hearing and will say i am glad i have good eyesight, because you are a long way away, but welcome. And t thoseo who are joining us virtually. This is our first hearing in the new congress. My gaveling in this morning is perhaps a little bit unexpected. As the Senate Leaders are finalizing and organizing a resolution, im still chairman, perhaps on a technicality here, but i will be handy in the gavel over to senator manchin in a few moments. But before i do, i want to make a couple comments. I want to reiterate what a privilege and pleasure it has been to chair this committee. I think we recognize that we accomplished a great deal for our country. And we did it in a way that i think demonstrates the best of the senate. We did it with a bipartisan approach. And we did it on
Short by opioid overdoses in the United States alone. These lives were taken much too soon and unnecessarily and unfairly. For each life lost other Family Members and parents and loved ones who have to pick up the pieces and right there in the middle of the suffering was Purdue Pharma the manufacture of a highly addictive Prescription Drug painkiller oxycontin. This company played a central role in the most devastating Public Health crisis. Purdue has generated more than 35 billion in revenue since bringing oxycontin to market. Been in the family since 1952 they have profited enormously in the oxycontin business since bringing the painkiller to market the family has withdrawn more than 10 billion from the company purdue has now admitted after he got caught or after it pled guilty and paid a fine it continued to commit crimes for another decade like nothing happened. Documents contained by our committee by state attorneys general that members were directly involved with the daytoday ope
Have been ravaged by the nations Opioid Epidemic go for decades now those are for watch with broken hearts as a loved one struggled with opioid addiction. Since 1999 nearly half a million lives have been cut short by opioid overdoses in the United States alone. These lives were taken much too soon and unnecessarily and unfairly. For each life lost other Family Members and parents and loved ones who have to pick up the pieces and right there in the middle of the suffering was Purdue Pharma the manufacture of a highly addictive Prescription Drug painkiller oxycontin. This company played a central role in the most devastating Public Health crisis. Purdue has generated more than 35 billion in revenue since bringing oxycontin to market. Been in the family since 1952 they have profited enormously in the oxycontin business since bringing the painkiller to market the family has withdrawn more than 10 billion from the company purdue has now admitted after he got caught or after it pled guilty a
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