Speemac. [background sounds] subcommittee on Oversight Committee will now here comes the order. It is hauling hearing in china and the public help emergencies, to curb the Opioid Crisis. The premise of todays hearing is to examine states efforts and successes and adjusting the Opioid Epidemics as well as opportunities for future federal support. And just to let everybody know, doctor alexander, the reason why we are Getting Started a little late. The plane was delayed. But now the dr. Is on our way. We will swear in the witnesses when we get to that. If we have to do that later we will. The. [cheering]. Will now recognize the suffering Opening Statement. As i said, today the committee contends his bipartisan efforts to combat the Opioid Crisis. As we know, the countries in the midst of an epidemic unlike any of recent history. According to the centers for Disease Control and prevention, from 1999, 2017, nearly 400,000 people died from opioid overdoses. In 2017, more than two thirds of
Adams spoke yesterday about federal efforts to combat the Opioid Epidemic. From the pew chartable trusitab this is an hour. Okay. Good afternoon. Im the executive Vice President and chief Program Officer here at the Pew Charitable trust. I am delighted to join you in welcoming our very special guest, vice admiral jerome m. Adams. No other Public Health Leader Speaks with the knowledge and expertise and moral authority that comes with being Surgeon General. And thats why when dr. Adams speaks, americans listen. Behavior changes and lives are saved. And in the very best tradition of previous Surgeon Generals who educated the american people, rallied the health care community, and changed the culture surrounding tobacco, hiv, nutrition, and other Public Health challenges, dr. Adams is now leading the fight against the epidemic of opioid misuse. Opioid overdoses were responsible for nearly 48,000 deaths in 2017 and 2 Million People in the United States suffer from opioid use disorder, whic
Good afternoon. Im the executive Vice President and chief Program Officer here at the Pew Charitable trust. I am delighted to join you in welcoming our very special guest, vice admiral jerome m. Adams. The 20th Surgeon General of the United States. No other publichealth speaker Leader Speaks with the knowledge and expertise and moral authority that comes with being Surgeon General. And thats why when dr. Adams speaks, americans listen. Behavior changes and lives are saved. And in the very best tradition of previous Surgeon Generals who educated the american people, rallied the health care community, and changed the culture surrounding tobacco, hiv, nutrition, and other Public Health challenges, dr. Adams is now leading the fight against the epidemic of opioid misuse. Opioid overdoses were responsible for nearly 48,000 deaths in 2017 and 2 Million People in the United States suffer from opioid use disorder, which we know is a chronic debilitating brain condition. Pew is also working to
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For the holiday season. Good morning. It is wednesday , october 18th. Friend is back. Yes yes, were here. Were ready. Welcome back. I missed you all too. Yeah. Yeah yes. And its been warm since she left. Girl. Okay. Its been hot. Okay. I was prepared for that jet bridge blow yesterday, and it did not come. It was your place hot. You know what . You have the air on . No, no, no, no, no. The bills. The bills. No, it was toasty. Yeah it was. Yeah. And its going to get warmer. So heated visors will go into effect starting today. The last a couple of days. First, well have that heat advisory in the south bay. This will last until tomorrow evening. So we start to feel that heat today and then it builds across the region, especially by tomorrow afternoon. Right now, we are starting out mainly in the 50s, 58 in hayward. Good morning. 60, though, in san jose, were at 51 currently in santa rosa. Lets go hour by hour on future weather. We have very limited fog out there this morning. Well warm pr