program to rip an audience are maryland delegate antonio hayes and senator ben carson's office. finally, i would like to extend an especially warm welcome to senator murkowski who we are now proud to call -- [applause] who we are proud to call one of our own. thank you so much for being here. we are indeed honored to be working with the clinton foundation to bring you today's summit on one of our most important locales problems -- america's opioid epidemic. it is a national crisis which demands involvement from all levels of government, public and private organizations as well as individual citizens. die from., every day, overdose. few years, the death rate has tripled and the