not the sackler's. they continue to push for more aggressive marketing to promote false claims about how the drug wasn't addictive. they demonized the victims getting hooked on their product. richard described these people as the scum of the earth. purdue told a story about how it had changed. but the truth is the sackler's did not see any reason to do things differently. it turns out the inspector was more right than he knew. at the end of last year purdue pled guilty to new federal charges relating to the promotion of opiates. the company acknowledged criminal misconduct stretching back 10 years. this is a company that has pled guilty to felonies not once, but twice. if this was some smalltime crook selling heroin, that would be to strikes, a mandatory minimum. it was the company that pled guilty in the family was protected. this is where it gets interesting. between those two guilty pleas, all those lawsuits started to converge around purdue. every state in the union is suing the company. half the st

sackler, david sackler, testified before us. and he said like the rest of purdue's board, i relied on purdue's management to keep on top of the medical science and ensure the company was complying with all laws and regulations. in other words, i wasn't directly involved. but exhibit 7 in your testimony includes a 2012 email from purdue's vp of sales and marketing to the ceo that reads, anything you can do to reduce the direct contact of richard sackler into the organization is appreciated. that would suggest that they were consciously trying to show distance between the sackler family and the management of the organization when in fact the opposite was true. the sacklers were directly involved in the management of the company. would you comment? >> well, thank you for that. and it's one of any number of emails, memos that our investigation turned up that shows just how directly involved sackler family members were with both coming up with the scheme and then implementing and overseeing the scheme, to the point where richard sack

last december after being threateneded with subpoenas, dad sackler and kathy sackler testified before this committee about how their family pushed purdue pharma executives to flood the market with the dangerous painkiller oxycontin, and deceive the public about its addictive potential. .. who briefly served as vice president of the company on it's board of directors refused to apologize for her families essential role in causing the opioid epidemic. when i asked whether she would apologize for the role she played in the opioid epidemic, she said and i quote, there is nothing i can find that i would have done differently. ". over the >> the past two decades, nearly half a million people in the united states died as a result of the opioid epidemic. yet, there is not a single thing that they would have done differently. it is shocking and appalling and erit shows why we desperately nd accountability for the factors deadly outrageous conduct. covid-19 has claimed 597,000 american lives though the opioid epidemic is nearly as deadly as the worst pandemic in modern history. there is no vacc

this is kathy sackler, the former purdue pharma vice president. [video clip] >> i have tried to figure out is there anything i could have done differently knowing what i knew then, and not what i know now, and i have to say, there is nothing that i can find that i would have done differently based on what i believed and understood them, and what i learned from management and the reports to the board, and what i learned from my colleagues and the board. it is extremely distressing. >> mr. sackler, will you apologize for the role you played in the opioid crisis? >> i echo much of what my cousin said, but i will say to the american people i am deeply and profoundly sorry that oxycontin has played a role in any deaths. while i believe i conducted myself legally and ethically, and i believe the full record will demonstrate that, i still feel absolutely terrible that a product created to help, and has helped so many people, has also been associated with death and addiction. [end video clip] host: all these hearings are available, and you can watch them

his new book, "empire of pain: the secret history of the sackler dynasty" is available now. he very much wanted to use his time here to plug your book. so that is the level of excitement amongst those of us who are fans of your work. >> i thought that was so amazing. i heard about it this morning. i was super psyched. particularly because he actually did a segment -- i write in the book about a segment he did on his show about the sackler family >> seth: well that's probably why he's excited about it, is he just wanted to see his name in print. >> it's, you know, fairly typical of him, i'd say. >> seth: yeah, that -- you -- yeah, i mean, you know the guy that's all he's about. so, you know, one of the things -- the last time you were here, talking about your book, "say nothing," i remember us speaking after it was over, and you saying that this was what you're working on next and you know, obviously a great deal of research has to go into a book like this, and a pandemic, it turns out, will hamstring some efforts insofar as research is concerned but people being at home turn

yet there's not a single thing that the sacklers would have done differently? it's shocking and appalling and it shows why we desperately need accountability for the sacklers' deadly, outrageous conduct. covid-19 has claimed 597,000 american lives. so the opioid epidemic is nearly as deadly as the worst pandemic in modern history. and there's no vaccine for opioid addiction. since the committee's december hearing, even more information has come to light concerning the sacklers' deadly disregard for human life. much of this information has been brought forward by patrick radden keefe, whose recently published book, "empire th "empire of pain," provides a horrifying account of how the sacklers disregarded reports of oxycontin's misuse as the opioid crisis ignited, pushed perdue's executives to sell more and more and more of the dangerous prescription painkiller as the crisis raged, and heartlessly blaming those experiencing addiction in order to protect oxycontin and its profits. >> congresswoman carolyn maloney yesterday at that house oversight and reform commit

this is kathy sackler, the former purdue pharma vice president. [video clip] >> i have tried to figure out is there anything i could have done differently knowing what i knew then, and not what i know now, and i have to say, there is nothing that i can find that i would have done differently based on what i believed and understood them, and what i learned from management and the reports to the board, and what i learned from my colleagues and the board. it is extremely distressing. >> mr. sackler, will you apologize for the role you played in the opioid crisis? >> i echo much of what my cousin said, but i will say to the american people i am deeply and profoundly sorry that oxycontin has played a role in any deaths. while i believe i conducted myself legally and ethically, and i believe the full record will demonstrate that, i still feel absolutely terrible that a product created to help, and has helped so many people, has also been associated with death and addiction. [end video clip] host: all these hearings are available, and you can watch them

. >> next, a hearing on holding the sackler family, owners of purdue pharma which produced and marketed the opioid oxycontin responsible for the role in the u.s. opioid crisis. house oversight and government reform committee heard from the attorneys general of massachusetts and idaho on closing a legal loophole that would protect the sackler's against future liability. this hearing is three hours and 35 minutes.

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this is why we see that the sackler is continued to not be held criminally accountable proxy cotton. but you have somebody on the street, particularly during the height of the war on drugs, but even now being arrested, being held in jail, which in the united states jail is where you are held awaiting trial. if you are convicted and if you are a sentence, you go to prison, to jail is for people for presumed innocent until proven guilty, but many people cannot afford bail, which is an amount of money that you have to pay to ensure that you come back to court every month to ensure that you don't say ok. i'm out. i'm going to just move to another town and live with my aunt and there and you name and never come back to court. many people cannot afford bill, so they spend a month if not years languishing in jail before they even get their day in court to prove their innocence or guilt. so what we see is the disparate treatment where people are arrested, their lives are torn apart. even a short stay in jail means that you lose your job, disappear for 5 days without being able to notify your

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later today, a hearing on the sackler family, the owners of purdue pharma, the role they played in the opioid epidemic, we will join that hearing starting at noon, we are expected to join about 12:30. that hearing in progress, also on c-span3 and online at c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app. plenty to watch this morning. other news this morning. the bipartisan senate report is out this morning on the january 6 insurrection. this reporting from zack owens, capitol hill reporter that senate report urging congress to adequately fund the capitol police staffing, training, and equipment. senators proposed legislation empowering the police chief to unilaterally request backup from the national guard. that report will be examining the u.s. capital report and security response failures on january 6. that senate report now available on our website at c-span.org. more from fox producer on capitol hill, the senate report, neither the capitol police nor the fbi, the secret service, or other law enforcement partners new thousands of writers were planning to attack the -- thousands of riote

we join the leave coverage here on c-span3. >> introducing the sackler act. we need common sense legislation to prevent billionaires from abusing the bankruptcy code to avoid accountability. we need justice for families all across this country.

:30 p.m., we will join the house oversight committee looking at the role of purdue pharma and the sackler family in the opioid epidemic. >> white house press secretary jen psaki and national security advisor jake sullivan briefed reporters monday on president biden's upcoming trip to the g7 summit and his subsequent meeting with russian president vladimir putin in geneva. this is an hour. sullivan, and jen psaki answered questions from reporters. >> hi everyone. the whole room. i hope everyone is cozy. we have national security advisor jake sullivan here to join us to give a preview of the president's trip and we will do a full briefing after that. >> thank you, jen. as you all know, president biden will head off to europe on the first foreign trip of his presidency. certainly not his first foreign trip but his first one is president of the united states. the trip, at its core, will advance the fundamental thrust of joe biden's policy to tackle the policies of our time. we believe president biden goes on this trip from a position of strength. dramatic progress against the pandemic at home

later today, a hearing on the sackler family, the owners of purdue pharma, the role they played in thepioid epidemic, we will join that hearing starting at noon, we are expected to join about 12:30. that hearing in progress, also on c-span3 and online at c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app. plenty to watch this morning. other news this morning. the bipartisan senate report is out this morning on the january 6 insurrection. this reporting from zack owens, capitol hill reporter that senate report urging congress to adequately fund the capitol police staffing, training, and equipment. senators proposed legislation empowering the police chief to unilaterally request backup from the national guard. that report will be examining the u.s. capital report and security response failures on january 6. that senate report now available on our website at c-span.org. more from fox producer on capitol hill, the senate report, neither the capitol police nor the fbi, the secret service, or other law enforcement partners new thousands of writers were planning to attack the -- thousands of rioters

and later today, a hearing on the sackler family. the owners of purdue pharma, the role they've played in the opioid emdemic. we'll join that hearing. it starts at noon. we're expecting to join about 12:30 of that hearing in progress. that's also going to be on c-span3. also online at c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app. plenty to watch this morning. other news this morning, bipartisan senate report is out this morning on the january 6th insurrection this reporting from zach cohen, capitol hill reporter that senate report urges congress to adequately fund the capitol police staffing, training and equipment. empowering the capitol police chief to unilaterally request backup from the d.c. national guard. examining the u.s. capitol attack report, failures on january 6th. that senate report available at our website on cspan.org. more from fox producer on capitol hill, the uscp on the senate, neither the capitol police nor the fbi, u.s. secret service, metropolitan police or our other law enforcement partners knew that thousands o

:30 p.m., we will join the house oversight committee looking at the role of purdue pharma and the sackler family in the opioid epidemic. >> white house press secretary jen psaki and national security advisor jake sullivan

. >> tuesday, hearing on the sackler family, owners of purdue pharma and the role they played in thepioid epidemic. we will joint live in progress at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. ♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government, supported by these television couple days and more. [sponsor ad] ♪ >> charter communication c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving a front row seat to democracy. ♪ >> next, oceanographers with the national oceanic and atmospheric administration (noaa), national geographic society and the mote marine laboratory in florida testify about the latest and ocean research. this house science subcommittee hearing is 90 minutes. >> the hearing will come to order. without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess at any time. pursuant the house is meeting virtually. i want to remind emerson about conduct of the remote hearing. members should keep video feed on as long as they're present in the hearing and member's are responsible for their own microphones. al