mr. levine? >> so the glossary definition is it's an action taken by committee when a bill is heard and there's an indication that the author and committee members want to work on -- >> may i suggest or, in fact, request that you phrase that as "held in committee." whether it's a policy committee or a fiscal committee. >> "held in committee" has a separate definition under the state legislature's glossary. it means when a bill fails to get sufficient votes to pass out of committee and it's held in committee. >> that's what i say, but we don't say that here. you don't say that under procedural -- you say held under submission. to me, that could mean -- i don't know what it means. and i will just suggest that you say, held in blank committee. >> thank you for the feedback, commissioner kopp. we can try to evolve this so the terms are simple and understandable to the layperson and we'll strive to do that at the next report. >> one more question. lastly, what will happen with this whistle-blower ordi

and his team f that's not post constitutional, i don't know what is, mr. levin>> couple of things about that. as an old chief of staff to an attorney general at the justice department. first of all, let me say this, as an american citizen to watch this is repulsive, unconscionable, to watch the mob media do what they're doing. last week we were told the president is mentally unstable. for months before that we're told me's cluing with the russians. today we are -- colluding with the russians. today we're told he racist. could lewding with the russians, mentally unstable, a racist. >> going to start a nuclear war. >> what happened to that you ator, michael wolff, three daysing on he was the in thing, now he's gone. what happened to the allegations about sexual misconduct, that's all gone. now something new, because a known liar, dick durbin, leaves a confidential meeting with the president and other senators, he's relied on by the media because they want to rely on him, just like they wanted to rely on that author. they want to push this president out. talk about

if that is not post constitutional, i don't know what is, mr. levin. >> a couple things about that.attorney general of the justice department, first of all, let me say this. as an american citizen, to watch this is repulsive. it's unconscionable. 'r watch the mod meet -- mob media do what they are doing. last week we were told the president is mentally unstable. for months before w that, we wee told he is colluding with the russians. terry don mike today we are told he is a racist. he's colluding with the russians, he is mentally unstable, he is a racist -- >> sean: and he will start a nuclear war. >> it is so outrageous. what happened to the author, michael wolff? three days ago he was the in thing and now he is gone. what happened to all the allegations about the sexual misconduct? that's all gone. now we are onto something new because a known liar, dick durbin, leaves a confidential meeting with the president and other centers, he's relied on by the media because they wante to rely on him, just like they want to rely on that author, they want to push this president out, they talk

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mr. levine, i'm sure you're familiar with it in "newsweek" about how the va fueled the national opioid crisis and is killing thousands of veterans. as you might guess from the title it's critical. >> yes. >> i've heard or read that you've now published facility specific statistics as regarding the prescriptions. i've been interested in big data in terms of applying to the va, knowing facility specific. for whatever reason we've not quite got there yet. the article speaks of in huntington, west virginia, the local va prescribes take-home opiates to roughly 18% of its patients, 230% rate higher than the national average for all adult male patients. i have not looked at these statistics you released. does this va still prescribe as an outliar such as that? >> what we pressure now and senator cassidy, i hope you'll appreciate this. no other system has ever published this data. we're hope they go will join us. you'll see what our rate is now, what it was in 2012 and whether they've made improvements. every single site except for one has made improvements in their prescribing rates in opioids. the