mr. rannazzisi speaks i was just astonished at a statistic i just found, and this is for the most recent take back day. nationally there were 6,000 collection sites. 390 tons of medication was picked up. that's 780,000-plus pounds. it's amazing. >> it's amazing in the fact that we brought all these federal, state and local law enforcement agencies together with community groups on one saturday for four hours to pick up that much. and it was a collaborative effort. 6,000 sites. all that are stocked with police officers, local, state, county officers, as well as community groups, pharmacists, whoever would like to come out and work with law enforcement. so it was truly a collaborative effort. a wonderful, wonderful day. >> thank you. please proceed. >> thank you. chairman feinstein, distinguished members, on behalf of dea and the men and women of the dea, thank you for the opportunity discuss today the relationship between prescription opioids and heroin and how the dea is addressing this public health problem. first, let me say the present state of affairs is not a surprise. dea is concer