Senate special aging committee. This is an hour and a half. Good afternoon. It is my great pleasure to call to order the very first hearing of the Senate Special committee on aging. In the 114th congress i have had the honor of being a member of this committee since my very first days in the United States senate and i am delighted to now assume the chairmanship. This is the first time that a maine senator has chaired the committee since the mid1990s when my predecessor and good friend senator bill cohen for whom i worked for 12 years served as the committees chair. Im also pleased to welcome new and returning members to this committee and onto about delighted that my good friend and colleague senator Claire Mccaskill of missouri will service the committees Ranking Member. Senator bill nelson, the former committee chairman, has also chosen to remain a member of this committee and he will continue to share his expertise with us. Throughout its history, the aging committee has spurred con
With the clients financial records which aps must have to substantiate substantiate. Are permed under statutory acceptance to prevent fraud and authorized investigation. A revised federal guidance clarifying the client records may be shared with aps in a timely manner would mean Financial Abuse could be stopped much earlier. I believe financial snugs would welcome this clarification. Secondly, Financial Institutions should be granted authority to temporarily freeze accounts when theres evidence the owner is being defrauded, for example, sending money to a jamaican lottery scam in time to contact affirm ps or take other measures. I hope this committee and congress will look at their own decades of research into elder abuse, some of which are on evidence here. This is a partial stack of all the many reports from the many, many hearings that go back almost five decades now, will would at own research in elder abuse to stop and prevent incidents can be reduced as they have for other victim
Welcome this clarification. Secondly Financial Institutions should be granted the authority to temporarily freeze accounts when theres evidence the owners being deprived of. For examples example sending money to a jamaica lottery scam to provide time to contact aps or take other measures. Some of which are on evidence here. This is a partial stack of all the many reports for the many hearings that go back almost five decades. This not only will protect assets over the longterm but to reduce demands on Medicare Medicaid and publicly funded programs. We hope this will be the first of a series of hearings and actions to address elder abuse and financial exportation we stand ready to work with you to strengthen our ability to protect our parents and grandparents. Thank you for your your testimony had no senator collins has introduced you but we would love to hear your opening comments. Thank you mr. Chairman. Im a prosecutor with the King County Prosecutors Office in seattle washington. 14
Storm. Thats not a problem for skiers and skiers at Camelback Resort in tannersville. Lehigh valley saw more snow than the southern parts of the nbc10 viewing area. Nbc10s doug shimell is patrolling the roads in stormforce10. Tell us, where are you right now and what are the Road Conditions like there . Were right along the allentownn lehigh county. We are on one of the east west roads here which many of these have been cleared a while ago. In the last hour and a half weve started getting a steady sleet snow mixture which is now starting to recoat these streets. As you heard glenn and sheena say, its putting a disguise over a lot of this slush weve been below freezing most of the afternoon. Thats whats created the issue up here. What do you bring when with ice covers the tracks on southern norfolk tracks . They heat and blast the tracks clear. The snow didnt really stop in the Lehigh Valley until early afternoon. Before it mixed with sleet and freezing rain and bad temperatures. Wed ra
You. News live from berlin the resulting indorsement of nato despite transatlantic tensions secretary general gensler stoltenberg appeals for unity in an address to the u. S. Congress marking the alliance the seventieth anniversary of rejects a new arms race with russia to take you live to washington on the program. British Prime Minister theresa may hold talks with Opposition Leader jeremy call been trying to break the deadlock with just nine days left to avoid a divorce from the European Union. And
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