schedule is such that we can conclude this debate, i have other things to say but i'm hopeful that frankly whatever we bring to the floor, bring it on a rule that provides for full consideration. bring it that reflects facing the tough issues. bring it so the house can work its will on these bills. including the farm bill, including an immigration bill that protects the dreamers and including other legislation so critical to this country. let the house work its will through the amender to process and unless the gentleman wants to say something, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. mccarthy: i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today to meet on

tuesday, june 12, when it what opioid bill will open up? >> the main players in the house are the house energy and commerce committee which has 57 bills they have approved. and the house ways and means committee which was done in for bill and three standalone. thehe opioid crisis is spotlight of the cq weekly. you are writing an extensive piece with the headline on it the scope of addiction crisis works response to opioids.

tell us about some of the personal stories that you heard from lawmakers who have been affected by this and how widespread have you found the problem to be? >> what we have found is that depending on which part of the country different opioids are affecting them in some areas, it is still prescription opioids and in other areas it is illegal drugs like heroin or fentanyl. depending on the area of the country does have hit hard there. >> you quote one doctor in there saying that the problem is that we have not dealt a funk tuning treatment system. mccarthyleader kevin said the house will take up some 60 bills coming out of eight committees. will any of them deal with those issues? bills thatere are work with medicaid and medicare

and you'll with treatment. i think some of the experts we spoke to are concerned that a lot of them are not addressing the full nature of the crisis. they are not looking at the aspects of opioid abuse. especially those synthetic drugs and delivering enough money to address the problem. >> what about the senate? are they addressing the problem? what measures might they be covering? sandhya: they are also addressing the crisis with a number of bills. the health committee has approved a bill in its committee that has over 40 proposals built into one bill. the senate finance committee is having a markup of their own opioid will. the judiciary committee is also working on their efforts to address the crisis. >> just this past week the trumpet minute -- the trump administration launched an ad campaign. what else will we see? sandhya: i think they are going

to focus a lot on education efforts. that has been brought up the for. they will continue with this campaign. i think there will be -- the surgeon general has made an emphasis on naloxone. it has encouraged people to carry it in case of an overdose. >> what surprised you the most in reporting on the issue? you and your cq colleagues? the issue of opioid addiction and the crisis that in your reporting has grown by leaps and bounds yet again between 2016 and 2017. sandhya: one thing that we noticed is that even though a lot of states are suffering from problems with the synthetic and illegal opioids, most of the bills that are being considered next week are related to prescription opioids. reasons thatf the the experts we talked to are concerned about how it is not addressing the scale of the

problem. experts inre been health care and legislators on the hill saying we need to do a comprehensive peace that is to combine and address many of the issues that may not be being addressed by the bills? sandhya: i think moving forward they will do consolidating and put together a bigger hill package. right now there are a lot of bills. next week they will consider dozens. sandhya raman, you can read at cq.com and also on order. -- on twitter. thank you for the update. sandhya: thank you. >> > c-span's washington journa. coming up saturday morning, george mason university senior research fellow and the alliance for the american manufacturing trumppaul address

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