[inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. I welcome our witnesses in person at those appearing distantly. We look forward to the testimony and getting a better understanding of where the department of Veterans Affairs and the thirdparty administrators are in administering the mission act. Also very interested in hearing more today about the caregivers implementation as well. Almost every member of our committee though not physically present at the moment, some are joining us in person and others will be joining us almost every member of the committee will be participating. The focus of todays hearing is the implementation of title i under the mission act by the department of Veterans Affairs, relating to the Veterans Community care program and the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers. Io i scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace of mission implementation. While v. A. Officials were invited to part
Warning at this time and are being told to evacuate. There been making preparations for days which is a good thing. We are in Central Florida in the orlando area and at this time, shelters started opening up today at 9 00 and many are already in line at the shelters being processed in. Shelves arestores bare because people are getting muchneeded supplies. I have to tell you, as we watch the unfortunate incident in texas over the last couple weeks, people are just more started theirly preparation earlier than usual. It appears that those that are evacuation,d under have already begun the process. While we arent exactly sure right now, we are watching the track, it looks like the storm is determined to make the south to north turn, it is traveling more west but we are still watching and waiting. And making sure we are prepared. Host youre in Central Florida in orlando, claremont, parts of your district, what are the concerns . We have been seeing concerns about the coastal communities, w
Book, the 70s the great shift in American Culture as our main textbook. So, when i refer to schulman, that is what i am talking about. Tonight, we are using the 1973 film soylent green, starring charlton heston, as a window into both the Science Fiction film genre and into some of the most difficult domestic challenges of the 1970s, where all of the president ial administrations, but particularly for president jimmy carter. So that is why we are using soylent green. A quick synopsis, this film is set in a dystopian future. It is not a utopian ideal. It is dystopian where everything is terrible future. The big problem is overpopulation. New york city is wildly overcrowded with a population of 40 Million People. By way of contrast, the Current Population of new york city is 8 million. Were talking five times the normal population of new york city, which is outrageous. The Soylent Corporation oversees the citys food supply. So that is where we get our title soylent. The food supply mostly