To eliminate background noise. Members and witnesses, you are going have to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. So i just say that as a reminder and a little housekeeping issue, but please remember to do that. Documents for the record can be sent to megan bolin 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 the middle of impacts on the American Families who are grieving the loss of their loved ones to this virus. The economic downturn is also taking a mental toll
Kentucky. I picked those three cats for a reason, and ill get to it in a second. But this matters, okay . All over the world, this term is used. They spell it differently, but its the same word, okay . Different languages, same meaning. Very specific choices of who gets called honorable. It is precious and prized. I remember as a kid asking my mom why pops mail said honorable on it or hon period. She said, because pop works very hard helping people, so people respect and look up to him. I was swelled with pride about that. Is it still true . Is it honorable to ignore the pandemic . They did. Is it honorable to now spend time doing this, where that roll call came from, the Senate Homeland Security Committee holding a hearing about irregularities that johnson and the other retrumplicans amount to nothing. How do we know . Johnson said as much. So why do it . I dont see anything dangerous about evaluating information, about doing legitimate congressional oversight. Nothing dangerous about