At a town fair in Highland Park michigan. This is a serious question we have to address. Panelists today that will talk about this specific issue. The question of what do we do for folks that need longterm care . What do we do about our seniors that want to live at home but they need a little bit of help making sure they are in a row . These are the things we are trying to talk about today when we talk about things like longterm care. The other point. When someone in your family get worryou shouldnt have to about will i get paid today . We need serious paid family medical leave that if your child gets sick, you can take some time off to make sure they are ok emotionally, physically, and mentally. You shouldnt have to lose your pay or your job to do these simple acts. Areof these things encompassed in what we like to call the caring economy. Guaranteeseconomy every Single Person in this country is respect no matter what. We dont talk about the folks that are getting those services. That
Perimeter of this neighborhood, just incredible, but in the last hour i can tell you there are some important developments with all the fires raging in Northern California, especially two burning now. Lets look at the biggest fire which they call the tubbs fire that spans actually two counties, both napa and sonoma, crosses the county line, the red part on the map, the active fire. The yellow is the burn zone. At last check it has burned 27,000 acres. Now tonight there is a new Evacuation Order for people in Sonoma County. Let me tell you the areas it includes. The eye da clayton area ida clayton area from highway 128 to the county line as well as the neighborhoods that are in the Bennett Valley golf course. Now this fire, like many of them burning up here, is certainly not dying out and in the past 30 minutes we have watched it ruin more and more homes. One place firefighters are concerned about is the oakmont area of santa rosa where the nuns fire is still threatening home. Again, th
[applause] fantastic. In a similar vein, one interactive activity, which is a lot on wednesday morning but everyone introduce yourself to two people you do not know. Your name, what you do, or what you hope to do. So everyone please, go for it. [chatter] getting your attention back might be harder than i anticipated. You can keep networking later. Ok. That was great. A little more ambitious than i thought. More of that to come, dont worry. Ore i hand over theoretically hand over the mic, i want to encourage you to do three things today. Emily to focus on expanding your perspective. Take in todays conversation as ways to learn more about different people. I want you to expand your networks and i want you to think about what we all have in common and what can i as individuals. If we can do that i think there is a lot of power to be had. Speaking candidly, i see an Amazing Group of powerful, motivated and creative women who are capable of really, really incredible things. Lets come togeth
[applause] fantastic. In a similar vein, one interactive activity, which is a lot on wednesday morning but everyone introduce yourself to two people you do not know. Your name, what you do, or what you hope to do. So everyone please, go for it. [chatter] getting your attention back might be harder than i anticipated. You can keep networking later. Ok. That was great. A little more ambitious than i thought. More of that to come, dont worry. Ore i hand over theoretically hand over the mic, i want to encourage you to do three things today. Emily to focus on expanding your perspective. Take in todays conversation as ways to learn more about different people. I want you to expand your networks and i want you to think about what we all have in common and what can i as individuals. If we can do that i think there is a lot of power to be had. Speaking candidly, i see an Amazing Group of powerful, motivated and creative women who are capable of really, really incredible things. Lets come togeth
I believe there is an understandable lack of trust in the vas explanation. I urge all my colleagues to support this motion and i yield back. Thank you mr. Coffman. Thank you mr. Chairman, i want to remind my friend and my colleague from colorado that congress and of the morning hours, approved over a billion dollars to augment and there were projects over concerns of minorities that more conditions sort of have been attached and that the funding should have been sunlightbmitted careful. I am engaged in this how we should hold the va accountable for. Again, i find it a bit rich that Congress Approved that funding in the middle of the night over, i think the concerns of the minority. Today i am concerned that you are asking us to exercise our subpoena power when it maybe unnecessary. You have denied my request for witness for violating committee rules. How can we as a committee to Work Together to make the right decisionings f decisions for veterans. I am requesting today that we hold a