[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
Latest from moving. Closer to some of the team members here in waiting in the hotel behind us including dr brawley just marian she said that shes feeling quite optimistic that the team is in good spirits and shes going to get to this is doing what it can but also she says that the public may need to temper its expectations this is only the very beginning of what is a deep dive into the origin of the war in a virus and to expect any conclusive finding in the next few weeks is unrealistic this could in fact take yes. The u. K. Is tightening Coronavirus Travel restrictions arrivals from 20 to red list countries will have to hotel koren team for 10 days its an effort to stop the influx of new strains of covert 19. Health authorities in the brazilian state of amazonas set up 2 field hospitals to handle a large number of coronavirus patients many seeking treatment from across the state have been sent to the regional capital mouse but its hospitals are already overwhelmed the new u. S. Secret
I think it is a mistake that because we helped the wealthy we shouldnt do it. The reason they did it is because of that. If you dont lift up the economy, the people who suffer the most are the poor. The fed is thinking about how do we lift up the economy they shouldnt hurt a wealthy person to make them feel good. They are doing the right thing now which is to let them get through this there are going to be serious situations thats kind of a secretary dairy problem right now. We should get through this and kind of unwind some of this stuff wisely there are huge incomes you could have negative imcome tax, fix education there are a lot of things we should be doing to help the poor federal policy is not the thing they should focus on letting the economy grow they dont focus on Growth Strategies they have policies that dont help growth. If you had 1 growth in the United States over 10year period, that would be 4 trillion gdp thats like 10,000 a person extra. That pays for a lot of social sa
Dow plunging 525 points. S p plummeting 2. 37 nasdaq nosediving 3. 02 . I got to tell you, i think this decline is healthy this market needed a beatdown if only a learning experience for people who thought it was too easy when the market is roaring, a lot of investors seem to forget the most fundamental rule, buy low, sell high they want to buy high and sell higher the problem with that strategy is when stocks go down, they go down hard. You tend to lose money faster than you make it rather than being panicked by the sell off you in a very proverse way should be cheering for it we needed this why . Because we needed to break the nasty pattern of 1999 to 2000 so many people refer to during the run the leaders never took a breather. They kept charging higher and higher until the market peaked when they collapsed. Millions of investors led to the slaughter house. I began to wonder we might be doomed to repeat the mistakes of the. Com era. The markets led by a hand full of Tech Companies b
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