Subcommittee Hearing

Hearing titled "Addressing the Opioid Crisis in America: Prevention, Treatment & Recovery"

Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 124 Presiding: Senator Roy Blunt (R-Missouri)

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Agenda

Hearing titled "Addressing the Opioid Crisis in America:  Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery"

Member Statements

  1. Senator Roy Blunt (Republican - Missouri)

Witnesses

  1. The Honorable Patrick J. Kennedy
    Former Congressman (D-RI)
    President’s Commission on Combatting Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis
  2. The Honorable Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
    Director
    National Institutes of Health
  3. Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use
    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  4. Dr. Debra Houry, M.D., M.P.H.
    Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention