415 6550001 and entering access code 146 738 6789. When we reach your item, and you would like to submit your Public Comment, press star and 3 to be added to the queue. When i have 30 seconds remaining, youll hear a chime indicating your time is almost up. And we will be testing a new chime today. Ill take the next person queued to speak. Call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly, and please mute the volume on your television. Id like to take roll at this time. Commission president koppel . Here. Commissioner fung. Here. Commissioner imperial . Here. I do see one person requesting to speak. Well take that caller now. Caller, youll have two minutes. Caller, are you prepared to submit your testimony regarding the continuances . Okay. That caller has left. So, commissioners, that concludes Public Comment on matters proposed for continuance. The matters are now before you. Commissioner imperial. As noted. Second. Clerk thank you, commissioners. On the notion to continue matter a
The nasdaq is up second day in a row. That looks safe. First backtoback gains for the nasdaq in two weeks. We have that. Well have a lot more to cover with fox Business Team coverage. Susan li standing by in the new york newsroom. Well get to susan in a moment but we start with blake burman on what was very busy, important day at the white house. Blake . Reporter historic as well. I will keep this short. Were probably getting the president s comments shortly any moment from now. A historic day at the white house where the president of the United States was joined with the israeli Prime Minister with two leaders from arab nations to sign a peace deal. Israel and the United Arab Emirates and israel and bahrain. President trump said he believed there could be five, maybe even six more of these peace deals in the middle east in the works to come. The president suggested that this could be a domino effect saying that he ultimately believes it will lead to the biggest middle east deal of all
Obviously is being held remotely. All members and witnesses will participate Via Videoconferencing as part of our hearing microphones will be set on mute to eliminate background noise. Members and witnesses, youre going to have to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. So i just say that as a reminder and as a little housekeeping issue, but please remember to do that. Documents for the record can be sent to megan mullen at the email address we provided to your staff. All documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Lets see, where is the clock on the screen . There it is, okay. In any given year, one in five adults experience a Mental Illness such as depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. But 2020 has been a year like no other. In a recent poll, half of adults report that their Mental Health has been negatively impacted due to the coronavirus. One can only imagine
Item number one is roll call. President brandon. Vice president adams. Commissioner gilman. Present. Commissioner woo ho. Here. Vice president adams. Madam president , you have a quorum. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with Liberty Justice for all. Item number 3, approval of the minutes of july 14th, 2020 Port Commission meeting. I so move. Second. President brandon. Aye. Vice president adams. Commissioner gilman. Yes. Commissioner woo ho. Aye. President brandon the minutes have been approved. Clerk announcements for item number 4. Please be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make Public Comments on each agenda item unless the Port Commission adopts a shorter period on any item. Please note that during the Public Comment period, the moderator will instruct dialin participants to use the touch tone phones to register their desire for Public Comment. Oug
And make sure that they get exactly what they need. The chair would like to recognize the gentleman from oregon, mister schrader. Is he available . Not seeing or hearing him. The chair recognizes Mister Kennedy. Mister kennedy available . Not in his chair. Then the chair will recognize thegentleman from New Hampshire , miss custer or five minutes of questions. You need to unmute. You. Thank you very much. Thank you madam chair. I appreciate this hearing and i appreciate the opportunity to address you on this important issue. Here in New Hampshire weve had a dramatic increase. Depression, anxiety, trauma and grief as a result of covid and we are struggling as well with changes to the Economic Impact on our Healthcare Providers particularly Mental Health providers. 83 percent of small and large groups Substance Abuse providers have described what is a Financial Hardship as a result of covid and 48 percent of those providers have had to cancel income generating events while 74 percent hav