an investigation by you finds that Rogers while in Congress supported efforts to expand access to these drugs Ron was Rogers views about op unique amongst lawmakers at the time he wasn't alone but he was uh considered a champion for the pharmaceutical industry at the time for for example Rogers received $226,000 in donations from companies the same companies that are now paying billions of dollars to States including Michigan for their role in the in expanding the opioid crisis I he received $162,000 from from um seven opioid Distributors that supplied 83% of prescription opioids to Michigan uh during about a 13-year period now was he alone he was not and that's an that's important context to have at that time in the 2000s we didn't know as much as we do now about opioid addiction and what these pills would do to you