[gavel] please call us because buell here, low here, anderson here, bonilla here, harrison here, mcdonnell here. So ever since we we would ask if you have any Electronic Devices you please, turn those off so they do not go off during the meeting. That you take any secondary conversations you may have outside. If you would like to speak on an item today we request that you complete a blue card unless otherwise announced by the president each person will have three minutes for Public Comment on each item. If there is an item of interest thats not on the agenda and is under the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission you may speak under general Public Comment and that is item before and then continued on item 7. When you address comments to the commission, please in order to allow equal time for all the commission or staff to respond to any questions during Public Comment. The commission may request staff to respond when the Public Comment is done. Last, if the fire alarm is activat
[gavel] please call us because buell here, low here, anderson here, bonilla here, harrison here, mcdonnell here. So ever since we we would ask if you have any Electronic Devices you please, turn those off so they do not go off during the meeting. That you take any secondary conversations you may have outside. If you would like to speak on an item today we request that you complete a blue card unless otherwise announced by the president each person will have three minutes for Public Comment on each item. If there is an item of interest thats not on the agenda and is under the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission you may speak under general Public Comment and that is item before and then continued on item 7. When you address comments to the commission, please in order to allow equal time for all the commission or staff to respond to any questions during Public Comment. The commission may request staff to respond when the Public Comment is done. Last, if the fire alarm is activat
Publisher Chris Jackson talks about working on the awardwinning book between the world and me and he will attend a Book Release Party for steve hilton, former Senior Advisor to british Prime Minister david cameron. On monday and extra day of booktv. He will hear from annette gordonreed and peter onuf on the intellectual life of Thomas Jefferson, radio talkshow host discusses the importance of the 10 commandments, nprs diane reed shares her involvement with the right to die movement and you will look at the namesake of the john burke society. That is just a few of the authors on booktv this holiday weekend. For complete schedule go to booktv. Org. Booktv on cspan2, 72 hours of nonfiction books and authors this memorial day weekend, television for serious readers. We kick off the weekend with Pulitzer Prizewinning historian annette gordonreed and peter onuf talking about Thomas Jefferson. This is booktv on cspan2. Welcome to the library of philadelphia. I am representative James Roebuck
Just under two hours. [inaudible conversations] the Senate Subcommittee Senate Appropriations subcommittee on labor health, human services, education and related agencies will please come to order. Todays hearing is the sixth that this subcommittee has held since 2000 focusing on alzheimers disease. The burden of the disease, the state of the research and the challenges we face. Going back many years we heard predictions from experts about the far reaching consequences this disease will have on the quality of life of American Families and the burden will place on our economy in the years ahead. Last april major study predicted these consequences will be far greater than anyone previously imagined. We will hear from the author of that study on the next panel. This study commanded the attention of the nation and the subcommittee. There are few americans whose life hasnt been touched in some way by alzheimers disease whether through a Family Member or a friend. It is the most common form