Men and women who receive care at va by removing the gag order on what doctors can discuss with a woman patients. No such gag order has existed for men. And its unacceptable that it should ever be exercised against Women Veterans who served alongside brothers in arms and deserve the full carer theyve earned in need. Most importantly this rule will save womens lives and protect their health. For decades va providers have had to call him favors in the community to procure lifesaving abortion care for women. Before this interim final rule, pregnant veterans with life threatening pregnancy complications returned away. But in the wake of dobbs abortion bans have been triggered in multiple states, and Community Care is no longer an option. Now, va can provide the abortion care necessary to save womens lives when their communities and states. They can save veteran women lives when their communities and states wealth. Va came to this decision after listening to Va Health Care providers and vet
Good afternoon, i call this hearing to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare resets it anytime. The Committee Procedures for remote hearing remain the same. If youre experiencing connectivity issues, make sure you or your staff contact our designated Technical Support so those issues can be resolved immediately. If you wish to have a document inserted into the record please ask for unanimous consent and have your staff email the document to Veterans Affairs dot hearings at mail dot house. Gov. Without objection, members will be recognized in order of seniority for questioning witness of the day. This will make it easier to ensure all members participating have an opportunity to be recognized. Does any member have a question about the procedures for this hearing . Hearing none we will proceed. I will recognize myself for an opening statement. Over the last years we have often seen women as the Fastest Growing covert among veterans. Our hearing today will examine W
Democratizing force. It is powerful in terms of being a ladder for social and economic mobility. But right now there are really significant discrepancies in the adoption and availability of a lot of these technologies such as broadband in lower income communities. So im concerned about that these communities are often the vulnerable populations. And that theyre often adversely affected by technology transitions. So the question very simply is, is what can we do, what should we be doing to ensure that reliable voice and Broadband Services are delivered to the public regardless of economic background or geography . Well, if i can just jump in a little bit. I think its really two questions. One question is the rural question. How can you get these facilities that are very expensive built in very rural areas . And that the fcc and a number of states have universal funds to help get that infrastructure built. The other question, the adoption question, is really a question that theres been a
Im worried about holes or gaps. If i can go down that way of this idea of the penetration were seeing sort of equally applied, you know, access to technology is to me a great democratizing force. It is powerful in terms of being a ladder for social and economic mobility. But right now there are really significant discrepancies in the adoption and availability of a lot of these technologies such as broadband in lower income communities. So im concerned about that these communities are often the vulnerable populations. And that theyre often adversely affected by technology transitions. So the question very simply is, is what can we do, what should we be doing to ensure that reliable voice and Broadband Services are delivered to the public regardless of economic background or geography . Well, if i can just jump in a little bit. I think its really two questions. One question is the rural question. How can you get these facilities that are very expensive built in very rural areas . And tha
Now lets go over to westminster and join that bbc special on the budget with andrew neil. It is budget day, thejohnson government unveils its new plans, with special emphasis on its new voters in the midlands and the north. But for a rookie chancellor, only 28 days in the job, the north. But for a rookie chancellor, only 28 days in thejob, the biggest challenge is the growing Economic Impact of the coronavirus, and what he can do to vaccinate the economy from it. With me for this politics live budget special Political Editor laura kuennssberg, Business Editor simonjack, and economics editor faisal islam. It was meant to be the levelling up budget, to the regions and people that have not done well in the past decade but looks set to be the coronavirus budget. This morning he bank of england has already announced an emergency cut in Interest Rates. The bank of englands role is to help uk businesses and households manage through an economic shock that could prove large and sharp. Meanwhil