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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, February 7, 2019:
Councilwoman Cindy Bass (8th District) makes floor remarks before the vote on Bill No. 180888A.
Read the bill: http://bit.ly/2Sy13XO
A
This
should
be
a
no-brainer
there's,
not
a
whole
lot
to
think
about
when
we
have
people
dying
on
our
sidewalks
throughout
the
city
at
an
enormous
rate
here
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
we
have
to
do
something
and
we
can't
leave
it
up
to
industry
to
do
something
about
a
problem
that
they
they
have
taken
a
hands-off
approach
to.
They
have
stepped
away
from
this
problem.
They
have
done
nothing
and
all
along
could
have
done
many.
A
Many
many
things
to
address
this
issue,
and
so
I
just
want
to
say
that
this
has
been
quite
an
interesting
process.
Councilmember,
Greenlee
and
I
have
held
this
bill.
We've
held
numerous
meetings
with
the
pharmaceutical
industry
and
others.
We've
added
some
of
their
amendments
and
we've
halt
all
along
for
some
form
of
compromise.
Nothing.
A
In
a
legislative
body
in
which
we
always
say,
we
put
people
in
front
of
profits,
I
don't
see
how
we
can
vote
against
this
Phil
I
want
to
ask
that
members
vote
their
conscious
and
vote.
What
makes
sense
I
ask
the
members
to
vote
for
this
bill.
It's
the
right
thing
to
do.
It
is
going
to
make
a
difference,
and
it's
going
to
be
on
the
right
side
of
history.
A
couple
of
things
I
just
wanted
to
address.
A
Besides
that,
one
of
the
speakers
on
behalf
of
the
industry
said
that
they
were
committed
won
this
issue.
I
haven't
seen
it
councilman
Greeley
hasn't
seen
it
city
of
Philadelphia,
isn't
seeing
it.
We
don't
see
any
commitment
to
this
city
in
terms
of
doing
something
anything
significant
about
the
opioid
or
addictive
drugs
beyond
opioids,
because
we
know
that
opioids
or
on
the
way
out
and
that
other
drugs
are
on
the
way
in,
and
so
what
is
being
done
absolutely
nothing
by
industry.
A
A
Well,
if
the
bill
doesn't
do
anything,
what's
the
problem
with
passing
it,
if
the
bill
doesn't
mean
anything
if
it's
such
a,
if
it's
such
a
marshmallow,
what
is
the
problem,
and
so
you
know
councilman
I
am
going
to
disagree
with
you
on
one
thing
you
said,
and
that
was
that
when
we
met
with
these
folks
that
we
got
played
I,
don't
think
we
got
played,
we
did
our
jobs.
We
did
the
right
thing.
We
tried
to
find
a
spirit
of
compromise.
We
tried
to
work
with
folks
who
said
they
wanted
to
work
with
them.
A
You
can
only
take
people
at
and
if
their
war
isn't
worth
anything,
then
what
can
you
do
about
that?
And
so
we
didn't
get
plea,
but
a
whole
lot
of
other
people
got
played,
and
so
now
it's
time
to
vote
and
to
see
where
folks
are
and
again
I
just
want
to
ask
people
ask
members
of
this
body
to
vote
their
conscious
and
be
on
the
right
side
of
history.
Thank
You.
Mr.
president,
Thank
You
Councilwoman.