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I am Amanda Glassman is senior fellow and executive price president at cdc. Today we will be talking about death and data in low and middle Income Countries from covid19 and all other causes. Accurate complete and timely data on mortality probably the single most powerful policy tools we have today to mitigate the Economic Impact of covid19 but what is also clear is that we have not collectively built the systems necessary to record peoples death in ways that enable more and to protect livelihoods. This failure does not only spawn individual experiences that creates unnecessary suffering. How is it possible to assess whether Subsaharan African countries are winning the fight against covid if a large share of total deaths and noncovid years go unreported or how to judge the trajectory of pakistan during covid19 if no mortality data of any kind is being ripped ported in the Public Domain according to dub a joes 2019 mortality report. Today will be talking about one strategy and mortality
Deterrent. We emphasize the importance of strategic stability. The conference agreement importance of new start and the open skies treaties for u. S. And interNational Security. Maintain congressional oversight over these key arms including eements, requiring 120day notice provision before any withdrawal treaties. U. S. Leadership in cooperation with our allies is essential to accountable and to prevent an arms race. The ndaa continues to support Missile Defense while increasing oversight of critical the ams, particularly as department of defense considers new options for the next generation interceptor. My colleagues to support this bill. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas. Mr. Thornberry i yield two minutes to the gentleman from ohio, mr. Turner. Mr. Turner i support the National Defense authorization act for fiscal year 2020 and i thank adam smith for bringing a bipartisan bill as the final nd arch a to the floor. This continues of lowyield nuclear weapons.
The somebody on oversight and investigations hearing will now come to order. Today the committee is holding a hearing entitled sounding the alarm, the Public Health threats of ecigarettes. The purpose is to examine the Public Health impacts related to ecigarette manufacturing, sales and use. The chair recognizes herself for purposes of an opening statement. Our country is facing a serious Public Health epidemic, one that is causing severe harm. This hearing will examine the cause of that epidemic, the uncontrolled and rising use of ecigarettes. As lifethreatening illnesses sweep the country and the use of products by yunoung people soar we must protect the American People from these products. First the data is now clear, over the past several years, weve seen an unacceptably high proportion of young people facing nicotine addiction. This year alone, more than 27 of High Schoolers report theyre using ecigarettes or vaping as its also known. From 2011 to 2015, there was a 900 increase, a
The centers for Disease Control related to 530 e cigarette related incidents of lung disease in 38 states and the u. S. Virgin islands. First, i want to make clear that we did not plan to have this emergency hearing at the beginning of this congress, let alone this time last month. On august 23rd, officials from illinois reported the first death due to a mysterious vaping related illness. And since then, a total of eight individuals have tragically died in this outbreak. The response to this crisis, cdc is warning the American Public to consider not using e cigarettes of any kind. Because the subcommittee has investigated the youth vaping epidemic and the companies behind it, we feel its our duty to draw attention to recent Government Health warnings about the dangers of e cigarette use. The longterm Health Effects of continued vaping is unknown. What we do know should give us pause. State Health Departments continue to conduct retro active analysis of patient records to better underst