. >> good morning commissioners, esteemed commissioners.ooking at consent 5 d and e, let'splaysf! for john mclaren renovations, this is long overdue, but they're thankful, we'll take anything we can get. it's all here, equity. i'm going to put it right here. let's see if we can get that on the screen, please. but we have issues here with a lot of money, here it goes. plan to add the -- where is rec and park department plan to maintain the asphalt path? lots of money is going to dirt trails. ok. i guess you aren't going to put that on the screen, that's good stuff. we have a problem with equity metrics. i think that you guys need to look closer if that's you're using. there are serious problems in mclaren park. i want to thank from the bottom of my heard, jacob gilchrist, i have the recreation park capital committee. this is a very good subject, john mclaren vision plan, we need a master plan, i want to thank him. we're grateful. november 1, 2017, let'splaysf! alexis ward is a worker, something we should cherish. she's a project manager. tha

esteemed guest, governor hogan and pugh for joining us. we're honored to have you in our presence. of course i thank our witnesses, governor chris christie, commissioner wynn, dr. comperned, and mr. baum. thank you for testifying and for all you are doing to help us combat opioids and save lives. a year and a half ago at our committee's first hearing on this issue, i warned that so many people were dying in communities across america and that we can no longer ignore this emergency. today the centers for disease control and prevention estimates that more than 64,000 drug ns died from overdoses in 2016, an increase of more than 20% over the year before. to put this in perspective, the death toll from drug overdoses last year alone was higher than ll u.s. military casualties in vietnam and iraq wars combined. every 20 minutes, every 20 minutes someone die from an opioid overdose. if today's hearing lasses for two hours, half a dozen -- lasts for two hours, half a dozen families will have lost a parent, a sibling, or a child to opioids. we have the reports. we have had years of talk. now it's time for action. the american people are looking if today's hea