mr. keating: yes. mr. blumenauer: i hope this is the first step for us to have a systematic effort at the federal level to be able to support these important programs to keep it out of the medicine cabinets, out of the sewer systems. i introduced legislation that would provide a tax credit for providers to be able to provide these services, and i hope we can continue this conversation going forward. thank you, and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. mr. keating: i thank the gentleman from oregon, and i'd like to yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from california, mr. bera. mr. bera: thank you. i'd like to thank my colleagues and i'd like to thank my colleague and fellow physician, dr. phil roe from tennessee, for partnering with me on the drop act. as a doctor, i've seen firsthand the devastation of misuse prescription drugs can have on family. deb simpson from sacramento county shared her family story with me. her son became addicted to prescription drugs and by the time deb rea

mr. keating: thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member, i yield back. the chair: all time for debate having been yielded. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. the amendment is adopted. clerk will read. clip page 33, line 17, board of veterans appeal, $166,096,000. general operating expences, veterans benefit administration. $2,826,126,000. the chair: clerk will suspend. for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. ruiz of california. page 34, line 5, after the dollar amount insert reduced by $5 million, increased by $5 million. the chair: the gentleman from california and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the gentleman is recognized. mr. ruiz: i rise to offer an amendment to h.r. 4974, the military construction and veterans affairs and related agencies appropriations act of 2017. my amendment will help reduce the v.a.'s claims backlog and help improve the lives of

mr. keating: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to thank my colleague from pennsylvania, mr. rothfus. i rise today in support of this amendment, our amendment, and it's an amendment that i believe will move the task force to consider the practice of co-prescribing of overdose reversal drugs, such as naloxone, as part of the review of its best practices for pain management and for prescribing pain medication. importantly, the medical community now realizes the need to be -- having this important guideline in place and have them being addressed as over 80% of the a.m.a. members have indicated they see the need for these guidelines now and the importance in terms of lifesaving. as a former district attorney, i took a public health approach a decade and a half ago starteding an earnt heroin task force at the time in our state two people on average were dying every day from these overdoses. in the lax few years that's increased to four people a day. as a congressman it hits close to home to me because the latest stat says a quarter of the overdose deaths in massachusetts occurred in my dis

mr. keating, how soon can you make bail? once rapid growth of keating's now failed savings and loan have been backed by what are now worthless bounds, the majority bought by seniors. >> charles keating was convicted in two trials but both of those verdicts were overturned and then he pled guilty to avoid a retrial and was allowed out for time served. >> the climate had gone from celebrating the section seses of wall street to condemning them pretty quickly. >> tonight's headline milkin pleads guilty in what may be the largest case of fraud ever to rock wall street, a case which ended with a plea bargain with the government. >> the judge said his crimes merited his removal from society. she sentenced the one-time king of wall street to ten years of prison. >> he did go to jail for just under two years. i'm confident when he left he was at a minimum a millionaire and possibly a billionaire. >> the game of monopoly could have been made for donald trump. when you borrow $2 million and the economy goes into a tail spin and you ca

mr. keating, did you make bail? h of keating's failed lincoln savings and loan in california, the majority of bonds bought by seniors, many losing their life savings. >> charles keating was convicted in two trials, but both of those verdicts were overturned, and then he pled guilty to avoid a retrial and was allowed out for time served. >> the climate had gone from celebrating the excesses of wall street to condemning them pretty quickly. >> tonight's headline, milken pleads guilty in what may be the largest individual case of fraud ever to rock wall street. the case which ended in a plea bargain with the government. >> judge kimble said the crimes merited his removal from society, sentencing him to ten years in prison. >> he did go to jail for just under two years. i'm confident when he left, he was hat a minimum a billionaire, and quite possibly a multibillionaire. >> the game of monopoly could have been invented for donald trump. but monopoly is a tricky game. when you borrow $2 billion and the economy goes into a

mr. keating. >> admiral, thank you and your staff for helping us and providing feedback. two things on the wait times. i spoken with the airport operators regarding the need to establish a more formal process in which airport operators and carriers can share predictive data. how many seats on a flight, where the flight stopped and try to make that as foxholes possible. i want to know where you are on that and how easily that can be done given your personnel? number two, several federal programsutilize canine . we use is in the state department. we use in some of the most dangerous places in the world. to help keep our people safe. -- tsa has an we have heard committee testimony where the airlines have testified and express their support for that. voted 16 onerity in support of these recommendations moving to a certification program. can you tell us with minimal supply and growing demand, what tsa can do to improve the situation to incorporate more canine screening? whether or not there's an openness to these programs? to those programs. at had a number of conversations ab

mr. keating of massachusetts. on page 72, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert, reduced by $1 million, increased by $1 million. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 743, the gentleman from massachusetts and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. keating: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today to offer an amendment with my friend from vermont and a champion of these issues, representive welch. our amendment is simple and straightforward. it seeks to provide adequate resources for the nuclear regulatory commission in order to ensure the safe and effective decommissioning of nuclear power plants. last year the owner and operator of the pilgrim nuclear power plant in plymouth, massachusetts, after facing severe losses and revenue and plagued by serious -- in revenue and plagued by serious safety concerns, announced that the plant would be decommissioned by 2019. since coming to congress, i've been concerned about the safety of pilgrim's day to

mr. keating: thank you and your staff for helping us and providing feedback on this. it had already bypassed of the committee. two things about the wait times. establishing a more formal process where airports and carriers can share predicted data. how many seats on the flight? trying to make that his lifetime and functional as possible. we want to know where you are on that. how easily that can be done given your personnel. utilizefederal agencies private explosion detection programs. we use this in the state department. some of the most dangerous places in the world. to help keep our people safe. there is a willingness to turn to these types of programs. had committee testimony where the airlines for american and cargo association testified and expressed their support for that. council votedity six to one but growing somewhat if they had or own ears open. demand how to incorporate the situation. whether or not there is an openness to these programs? >> i am open to that program. we had a lot of conversations with people about private screenings. if my resources you

mr. keating. >> thank you and your staff for helping us and providing feedback on the billie introduced that passed the committee in a bipartisan fashion. i spoke with the airport operators in the more formal process in which they can share predictive data. how many seats on a flight and where the flights are and try to make it as lifetime as functional as possible. i want to know where you are on that and how easily that can be done. number two, several federal agencies utilize the canine programs. we use this in the state department. we use it in the most dangerous places in the world to help keep our people safe. they express the willingness to turn to the programs despite requests from airport operators. we had committee testimony where the airlines from american association have testified and expressed their support for that. the dhs aviation security advisory is 16-1 in support of these recommendations, moving towards a toifgz program. can you tell us, given the minimal supply and the growing demand what tsa can do to improve the situation and incorporate more canine screening and whet

mr. keating. >> thank you, mr. chairman. admir admiral, thank you and your staff for helping us and providing feedback on a bill i introduced last month that already passed the committee regarding perimeter security and access point. i appreciate that in your actions. two things on wait times, i've spoken with airport operators regarding the need to establish really a more formal process in which airport operators and carriers can share predictive data. you know, how many seats on a flight where the flights are. and try and make that as live time and functional as possible. i want to know where you are on that and how easily that can be done. number two, several federal agencies utilize private explosive detection k-9 programs. we use this in the state department. we use it in some of the most dangerous places in the world to help keep our people safe. it's my understanding the tsa hasn't expressed the willingness to turn to these type of programs despite requests from airport operators. we've had committee testimony where t