for this reason, i was proud to make my first foreign trip as president to the heart of the muslim world, where i addressed an assembly of more than 50 leaders of muslim-majority countries. that was something. the partnership and solidarity that we established over the past year has only deepened with time. so many friendships. so many meetings, even in the oval office. and we've made a lot of progress, i think, a lot of tremendous progress. so tonight, as we enjoy a magnificent dinner at the white house, let us strive to embody the grace and goodwill that mark the ramadan season. let us pray for peace and justice, and let us resolve that these values will guide us as we work together to build a bright and prosperous future that does honor and glory to god. thank you very much, and enjoy your evening. have a very blessed ramadan. thank you very much for being

here. it's a great honor. [applause] [inaudible] pres. trump: thank you. [applause] >> the house next week takes up anti-opioid abuse resolution -- legislation. what opioid bill will start things off next week and what committees have been involved? sandhya: a lot of different committees have been involved. they have not decided which will go first. 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 -- four bill packages and 3 standalone. >> the opioid crisis is the spotlight of the cq weekly. you are writing an extensive piece with the headline on it

the scope of addiction crisis dwarfs 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? are there areas of the country that have gotten worse than others? sandhya: this is a huge problem that is affecting every district across the country. 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, those have hit hard there. >> you quote one doctor in there saying that the problem is that we have not built a functioning treatment system. majority leader kevin mccarthy said the house will take up some 60 bills coming out of eight committees. will any of them deal with those -- with treatment.

sandhya: there are bills that 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 considering in the coming weeks? 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 trump administration launched an ad campaign.

waneopioid addiction campaign. what else will the trump administration do? >> 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: the 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. that is one of the reasons that the experts we talked to are

concerned about how it is not addressing the scale of the problem. >> have there been experts in health care and legislators on the llayg we need to do a comprehensive peace that is to combine and address many of the issues that may not be being addressed by these bills? sandhya: i think moving forward, they will do consolidating and put tother a bigger hill package. right now, there are a lot of bills. they will definitely at least next week consider that. >> sandhya raman, you can read her at cq.com and also on order. and on twitter. thank you for the update. >> the senate back tomorrow for work on the defense authorization bill. they will start formal debate on

the bill and if it succeeds they will work on it throughout the week. of opioidg on a slate addiction legislion. guidance onacists issuing prescriptions. >> that monday night on "the communicators," talking about the end of neutrality. shiftedonversation has to legislation. at least some on the hill would like it to shift. do think it is possible to legislate this issue? fascinating. this is something congress

should decide. now when congress has an opportunity to decide with the congressional review act that passed the senate and is now pending on the house, republicans say no, congress should not decide. ncc, if the chairman of the has the courage of his convictions that what he is done is right for ameca, then we will stand up to a vote in the congress. you should pickp the phone, call speaker ryan, and say schedule it for a vote in the house. let's see what the representatives of the american people say. announcer: watch "the communicators" monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. new york times

columnist ross douthat talks about his book about the catholic church. then, british prime minister theresa may followed en starr talking about the mueller investigation. ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," new york times columnist ross douthat talks about his book "to change the church: pope francis and the future of catholicism." ♪ brian: ross douthat, when you were here nine years ago, here is what you said about the republican party.