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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>[SILENCE]</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>BRYAN: At the DHS Science</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>and Technology Directorate</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>we work with homeland security</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>practitioners across government</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>and industry</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>to deliver tools and technologies</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>to meet pressing homeland security</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>challenges.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>One of the greatest challenges</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>facing our nation today is the</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>opioid epidemic - </font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>which has taken a devastating</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>toll on far too many communities</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>This has created an</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>unprecedented public health</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>crisis across the country.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>We know from studying this</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>issue that international mail </font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>is a major route for illicit opioids</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>entering the United States.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>The drug is commonly transported</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>in nearly pure, powdered form.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>This presents large-scale drug</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>traffickers with an attractive</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>opportunity</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>to use the mail to distribute large</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>quantities of opioids in hard-to-detect</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>small packages.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>To address this formidable problem,</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>S&T launched a $1.5 million dollar</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>global challenge on February 27</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>of this year</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>to reach out to innovators to</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>develop detection tools </font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>to help find illicit opioids in</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>international mail.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>In the coming months, we'll be</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>working with our DHS colleagues </font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>at U.S. Customs and Border</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>Protection as well as the U.S.</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>Postal Inspection Service</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>and the Office of National Drug</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>Control Policy to administer this</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>Opioid Prize Challenge.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>At the conclusion of the</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>prize challenge,</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>S&T and our partners plan</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>to work with providers of</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>solutions </font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>deemed to be most promising</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>to further develop prototypes</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>and follow-on production</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>agreements, as appropriate.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>Through this challenge, we hope</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>to discover innovative ideas </font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>and bring solutions to our partners</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>faster than traditional contracting</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>methods allow.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>We must stop the flow of opioids</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>into our country -</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>and ultimately make our communities</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>safer.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>We welcome your participation</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>in this challenge. </font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>I hope you'll join us in the search</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>for solutions to combat the</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>opioid epidemic</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>and its tragic and deadly assault on</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>American families and communities.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>[SILENCE]</font>